Lord’s-supper, n. Eucharist, communion, sacrament, Christian sacrament.
Lore, n.
- 1. Learning, erudition, knowledge.
- 2. Instruction, counsel, admonition, teaching, doctrine, lesson, wisdom, advice.
Lorgnette, n. Opera-glass.
Loriot, n. Witwall, golden oriole (of Europe; Oriolus galbula).
Lorn, a. (Poetical.) Lost, undone, forsaken, deserted, lone, bereft, lonely.
Lose, v. a.
- 1. Be deprived of, fail to keep, let slip, let slip through the fingers.
- 2. Forfeit, fail to win, fail to obtain.
- 3. Waste, squander, misspend, throw away, make no use of.
- 4. Deprive, dispossess of.
- 5. Displace, dislodge, displant.
- 6. Miss, wander from.
- 7. Perplex, bewilder, confuse.
- 8. Ruin, destroy.
- 9. Be bereaved of, be deprived of.
Lose, v. n.
- 1. Forfeit, fail to win, be defeated.
- 2. Succumb, decline, fail, suffer by comparison, yield.
Lose caste. Be disgraced.