What is the meaning of LOSI. Phrases containing LOSI
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v. t.
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
a.
Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.
n.
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.
n.
A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
n. i.
To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
v. t.
The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
a.
Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
v. t.
Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.
n.
A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
v. t.
The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
adv.
In a manner to incur loss.
prep.
Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony.
a.
Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
v. i.
To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
a.
Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
n.
A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
n.
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
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