Word Information

Loose

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Definitions for Loose

verb
grant freedom to
Synonyms
free liberate release unloose unloosen
Examples
  1. free from confinement
verb
turn loose or free from restraint
Synonyms
unleash let loose
Examples
  1. let loose mines
  2. Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
verb
make loose or looser
Synonyms
loosen
Examples
  1. loosen the tension on a rope
verb
become loose or looser or less tight
Synonyms
loosen relax
Examples
  1. The noose loosened
  2. the rope relaxed
adjective
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
Examples
  1. loose gravel
adjective
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
Examples
  1. a loose ball
adjective
not tight
Examples
  1. not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  2. loose clothing
  3. the large shoes were very loose
adjective
not officially recognized or controlled
Synonyms
informal
Examples
  1. an informal agreement
  2. a loose organization of the local farmers
adjective
not literal
Synonyms
free liberal
Examples
  1. a loose interpretation of what she had been told
  2. a free translation of the poem
adjective
emptying easily or excessively
Synonyms
lax
Examples
  1. loose bowels
adjective
not affixed
Synonyms
unaffixed
Examples
  1. the stamp came loose
adjective
not tense or taut
Synonyms
slack
Examples
  1. the old man's skin hung loose and grey
  2. slack and wrinkled skin
  3. slack sails
  4. a slack rope
  5. a slack grip
adjective
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps
Synonyms
open
Examples
  1. an open texture
  2. a loose weave
adjective
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Synonyms
idle
Examples
  1. idle talk
  2. a loose tongue
adjective
not carefully arranged in a package
Examples
  1. a box of loose nails
adjective
having escaped, especially from confinement
Synonyms
at large(p) escaped on the loose(p)
Examples
  1. a convict still at large
  2. searching for two escaped prisoners
  3. dogs loose on the streets
  4. criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
adjective
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Synonyms
easy light promiscuous sluttish wanton
Examples
  1. her easy virtue
  2. he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
  3. wanton behavior
adverb
without restraint
Synonyms
free
Examples
  1. cows in India are running loose

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