Lo rd's Pra yer N‑PROPER The Lord's Prayer is a Christian prayer that was originally taught by Jesus Christ to his followers.
lore /lɔː r / N‑UNCOUNT The lore of a particular country or culture is its traditional stories and history. □ …the Book of the Sea, which was stuffed with sailors' lore. □ …ancient Catalan lore.
lor|ry /lɒ ri, [AM ] lɔː ri/ (lorries ) N‑COUNT A lorry is a large vehicle that is used to transport goods by road. [BRIT ] □ …a seven-ton lorry. in AM, use truck
lose ◆◆◆ /luː z/ (loses , losing , lost )
1 VERB If you lose a contest, a fight, or an argument, you do not succeed because someone does better than you and defeats you. □ [V n] They lost the Italian Cup Final. □ [V n] The government lost the argument over the pace of reform. □ [V -ing] No one likes to be on the losing side.
2 VERB If you lose something, you do not know where it is, for example because you have forgotten where you put it. □ [V n] I lost my keys. □ [V n] I had to go back for my checkup; they'd lost my X-rays.
3 VERB You say that you lose something when you no longer have it because it has been taken away from you or destroyed. □ [V n] I lost my job when the company moved to another state. □ [V n] She was terrified they'd lose their home.
4 VERB If someone loses a quality, characteristic, attitude, or belief, they no longer have it. □ [V n] He lost all sense of reason. □ [V n] He had lost his desire to live.
5 VERB If you lose an ability, you stop having that ability because of something such as an accident. □ [V n] They lost their ability to hear. □ [V n] He had lost the use of his legs.
6 VERB If someone or something loses heat, their temperature becomes lower. □ [V n] Babies lose heat much faster than adults.
7 VERB If you lose blood or fluid from your body, it leaves your body so that you have less of it. □ [V n] During fever a large quantity of fluid is lost in perspiration.
8 VERB If you lose weight, you become less heavy, and usually look thinner. □ [V n] I have lost a lot of weight. □ [V n] Martha was able to lose 25 pounds.
9 VERB If you lose a part of your body, it is cut off in an operation or in an accident. □ [V n] He lost a foot when he was struck by a train.
10 VERB If someone loses their life, they die. □ [V n] …the ferry disaster in 1987, in which 192 people lost their lives. □ [be V -ed] Hundreds of lives were lost in fighting.
11 VERB If you lose a close relative or friend, they die. □ [V n] My Grandma lost her brother in the war.
12 VERB [usu passive] If things are lost , they are destroyed in a disaster. □ [be V -ed] …the famous Nankin pottery that was lost in a shipwreck off the coast of China.
13 VERB If you lose time, something slows you down so that you do not make as much progress as you hoped. □ [V n] They claim that police lost valuable time in the early part of the investigation. □ [be V -ed] Six hours were lost in all.
14 VERB If you lose an opportunity, you do not take advantage of it. □ [V n] If you don't do it soon you're going to lose the opportunity. □ [V n to-inf] They did not lose the opportunity to say what they thought of events. □ [V -ed] …a lost opportunity.
15 VERB If you lose yourself in something or if you are lost in it, you give a lot of attention to it and do not think about anything else. □ [V pron-refl + in ] Michael held on to her arm, losing himself in the music. □ [be V -ed + in ] He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape.
16 VERB If a business loses money, it earns less money than it spends, and is therefore in debt. [BUSINESS ] □ [V n] His shops stand to lose millions of pounds.
17 VERB If something loses you a contest or loses you something that you had, it causes you to fail or to no longer have what you had. □ [V n n] My own stupidity lost me the match. □ [V n n] His economic mismanagement has lost him the support of the general public.
18 → see also lost
19 PHRASE If someone loses it , they become extremely angry or upset. [INFORMAL ] □ I completely lost it. I went mad, berserk.
20 PHRASE If you lose your way , you become lost when you are trying to go somewhere. □ The men lost their way in a sandstorm.
21 to lose your balance → see balance
22 to lose the battle but win the war → see battle
23 to lose contact → see contact
24 to lose your cool → see cool
25 to lose face → see face ➊
26 to lose your grip → see grip
27 to lose your head → see head
28 to lose heart → see heart
29 to lose your mind → see mind ➊
30 to lose your nerve → see nerve