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Lose

To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.

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Verb group 2

Suffer 84% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Suffer 84% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 15

Ache 76% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lack 76% connected

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Miscarry 76% connected

To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Miss 76% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seclude 76% connected

To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sequester 76% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sequestrate 76% connected

To sequester.

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Suffer 76% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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Manner of action 7

Bury 76% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forget 76% connected

To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mislay 76% connected

To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Misplace 76% connected

To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overlook 76% connected

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Loser 74% connected

One who loses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Loser 74% connected

One who loses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 3

Compete 72% connected

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contend 72% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vie 72% connected

To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

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Synonym 2

Miss 92% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suffer 92% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 8

Find 94% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Find 94% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gain 94% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Gain 94% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Profit 94% connected

Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Profit 94% connected

Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Win 94% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Win 94% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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