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John |
1. n. (US) alternative capitalization of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot. | |
2. n. (slang) A prostitute's client. | |
3. n. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also(dated) a chamber pot or outhouse. | |
4. n. (slang) A generic term for Western men while traveling in East Asia. | |
5. n. A male mule. | |
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paradise |
1. n. (chiefly religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death. | |
Living in paradise comes with a price. | |
2. n. (figuratively) A very pleasant place. | |
an island paradise in the Caribbean | |
3. n. (figuratively) A very positive experience. | |
4. n. (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. | |
5. n. A churchyard or cemetery. | |
6. n. (slang) The upper gallery in a theatre. | |
7. v. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. | |
lost |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of lose | |
2. adj. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way. | |
The children were soon lost in the forest. | |
3. adj. In an unknown location; unable to be found. | |
Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world. | |
4. adj. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible. | |
an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd | |
5. adj. Parted with; no longer held or possessed. | |
a lost limb; lost honour | |
6. adj. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered. | |
a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit | |
7. adj. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope. | |
a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul | |
8. adj. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible. | |
lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour | |
9. adj. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things. | |
to be lost in thought | |
lose |
1. v. To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. | |
If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry. | |
He lost his hearing in the explosion. | |
She lost her position when the company was taken over. | |
2. v. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | |
I lost my way in the forest. | |
3. v. To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. | |
Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy. | |
He lost his spleen in a car wreck. | |
4. v. To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). | |
We lost the football match. | |
5. v. To shed (weight). | |
I’ve lost five pounds this week. | |
6. v. To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. | |
The policeman lost the robber he was chasing. | |
Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down. | |
7. v. To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer. | |
We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest. | |
8. v. To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). | |
She lost all her sons in the war. | |
9. v. To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion). | |
10. v. (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate. | |
When we get into the building, please lose the hat. | |
11. v. Of a clock, to run slower than expected. | |
My watch loses five minutes a week. | |
It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes. | |
12. v. To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of. | |
13. v. To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss. | |
I lost a part of what he said. | |
14. v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to part with; to deprive of. | |
15. n. (obsolete) Fame, renown; praise. | |
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