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| 1. | [ adjective ] not restrained or confined or attached | |
| Examples: | "a pocket full of loose bills" "knocked the ball loose" "got loose from his attacker" |
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| Related terms: | free | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not compact or dense in structure or arrangement | |
| Examples: | "loose gravel" |
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| Related terms: | compact friable unconsolidated silty shifting | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player | |
| Examples: | "a loose ball" |
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| Related terms: | sport uncontrolled | |
| 4. | [ adverb ] without restraint | |
| Synonyms: | free | |
| Examples: | "cows in India are running loose" |
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| 5. | [ verb ] turn loose or free from restraint | |
| Synonyms: | unleash let_loose | |
| Examples: | "let loose mines" "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
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| Related terms: | let_go_of | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] not officially recognized or controlled | |
| Synonyms: | informal | |
| Examples: | "an informal agreement" "a loose organization of the local farmers" |
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| Related terms: | unofficial | |
| 7. | [ verb ] grant freedom to; free from confinement | |
| Synonyms: | free release liberate unloosen unloose | |
| Related terms: | confine unchain unspell parole bail run bail_out liberation free | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] emptying easily or excessively | |
| Synonyms: | lax | |
| Examples: | "loose bowels" |
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| Related terms: | unconstipated | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting | |
| Examples: | "loose clothing" "the large shoes were very loose" |
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| Related terms: | tight baggy flyaway lax | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] not literal | |
| Synonyms: | liberal free | |
| Examples: | "a loose interpretation of what she had been told" "a free translation of the poem" |
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| Related terms: | inexact | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | |
| Synonyms: | idle | |
| Examples: | "idle talk" "a loose tongue" |
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| Related terms: | irresponsible | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] not carefully arranged in a package | |
| Examples: | "a box of loose nails" |
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| Related terms: | unpackaged | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] (of textures) full of small openings or gaps | |
| Synonyms: | open | |
| Examples: | "an open texture" "a loose weave" |
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| Related terms: | coarse | |
| 14. | [ verb ] become loose or looser or less tight | |
| Synonyms: | relax loosen | |
| Examples: | "The noose loosened" "the rope relaxed" |
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| Related terms: | stiffen weaken relax relaxation | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] not affixed | |
| Synonyms: | unaffixed | |
| Examples: | "the stamp came loose" |
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| Related terms: | affixed | |
| 16. | [ verb ] become less tight | |
| Synonyms: | relax | |
| Examples: | "the rope relaxed" |
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| Related terms: | loosen | |
| 17. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13467 | |
| 18. | [ adjective ] not fixed firmly or tightly | |
| Examples: | "the bolts became loose over time" "a loose chair leg" "loose bricks" |
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| Related terms: | insecure | |
| 19. | [ adjective ] having escaped, especially from confinement | |
| Synonyms: | at_large escaped on_the_loose at_liberty | |
| Examples: | "a convict still at large" "searching for two escaped prisoners" "dogs loose on the streets" "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
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| Related terms: | free | |
| 20. | [ adjective ] not tense or taut | |
| Synonyms: | slack | |
| Examples: | "the old man's skin hung loose and gray" "slack and wrinkled skin" "slack sails" "a slack rope" |
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| Related terms: | lax | |
| 21. | [ adjective ] freely producing mucus | |
| Examples: | "a loose phlegmy cough" |
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| Related terms: | phlegmy | |
| 22. | [ adjective ] (sexuality) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | |
| Synonyms: | light promiscuous sluttish wanton easy | |
| Examples: | "her easy virtue" "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women" "wanton behavior" |
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| Related terms: | unchaste | |
| 23. | [ adjective ] not bound or fastened or gathered together | |
| Examples: | "loose pages" "loose papers" |
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| Related terms: | unbound | |
| 24. | [ verb ] make loose or looser | |
| Synonyms: | loosen | |
| Examples: | "loosen the tension on a rope" |
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| Related terms: | stiffen change relax unscrew unscrew slack slacken loosen | |
| Similar spelling: |
loos lose Losey louse Lohse Loise Losee Louise loco loge logo Lois loss Loso Losh loess Loeza Logue Lokey loasa lossy louis lousy Lowes Loyce Locke Losoya Lougee Loesch Lozoya Lok louche Loucks Louque log LOX |
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