menettää — meaning in English

English meaning

• bleed verb To lose blood from an injury.
• lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
• miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.

Senses

menettää is used for these senses in English:

• bleed (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
• lose (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
• miss (transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
• miss out (intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.

bleed — full definition

1. verb To lose blood from an injury.
2. verb To drain someone or something of money or resources over time.
3. verb Of colour or ink, to spread beyond its intended area.

lose — full definition

1. verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
2. verb To fail to win a game, competition, or argument.
3. verb To become unable to find your way, or to no longer be able to follow or track someone or something.

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