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Webster 1913 Edition

Lost

Lost

,
Adj.
[Prop. p. p. of OE.
losien
. See
Lose
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing;
as, a
lost
book or sheep
.
2.
Parted with; no longer held or possessed;
as, a
lost
limb;
lost
honor.
3.
Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered;
as, a
lost
day; a
lost
opportunity or benefit.
5.
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed;
as, a child
lost
in the woods; a stranger
lost
in London.
6.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope;
as, a ship
lost
at sea; a woman
lost
to virtue; a
lost
soul.
7.
Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible;
as,
lost
to shame;
lost
to all sense of honor.
8.
Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible;
as, an island
lost
in a fog; a person
lost
in a crowd.
9.
Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things;
as, to be
lost
in thought
.
Lost motion
(Mach.)
,
the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lost

LOST

,
pp.
[from lose.]
1.
Mislaid or left in a place unknown or forgotten; that cannot be found; as a lost book.
2.
Ruined; destroyed; wasted or squandered; employed to no good purpose; as lost money; lost time.
3.
Forfeited; as a lost estate.
4.
Not able to find the right way, or the place intended. A stranger is lost in London or Paris.
5.
Bewildered; perplexed; being in a maze; as, a speaker may be lost in his argument.
6.
Alienated; insensible; hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; as a profligate lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
7.
Not perceptible to the senses; not visible; as an isle lost in fog; a person lost in a crowd.
8.
Shipwrecked or foundered; sunk or destroyed; as a ship lost at sea, or on the rocks.

Definition 2024

löst

löst

See also: lost, Lost, løst, and łöst

German

Verb

löst

  1. Second-person singular present of lösen.
  2. Third-person singular present of lösen.
  3. Second-person plural present of lösen.
  4. Imperative plural of lösen.

Icelandic

Noun

löst

  1. indefinite accusative singular of löstur

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of lösa.

Adjective

löst

  1. solved
    gåtan är löst
    the riddle is solved
  2. absolute indefinite neuter form of lös.

Declension

Inflection of löst
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular löst — —
Neuter singular löst — —
Plural lösta — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 löste — —
All lösta — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Verb

löst

  1. supine of lösa.

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