Loose

[luːs] or [lus]

Definition

(adj.) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; 'loose gravel' .

(adj.) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; 'a loose ball' .

(adj.) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; 'loose clothing'; 'the large shoes were very loose' .

(adj.) not carefully arranged in a package; 'a box of loose nails' .

(adj.) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; 'an open texture'; 'a loose weave' .

(adj.) not tense or taut; 'the old man's skin hung loose and grey'; 'slack and wrinkled skin'; 'slack sails'; 'a slack rope' .

(adv.) without restraint; 'cows in India are running loose'.

Edited by Dorothy--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

(superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.

(superl.) Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.

(superl.) Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

(superl.) Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

(superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

(superl.) Unconnected; rambling.

(superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.

(superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

(superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.

(n.) Freedom from restraint.

(n.) A letting go; discharge.

(a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

(a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

(a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

(a.) To solve; to interpret.

(v. i.) To set sail.

Typist: Maxine

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Unfasten, untie, unbind, unloose, CAST OFF.[2]. Release, liberate, free, set free.[3]. Detach, disconnect, disengage.

a. [1]. Unbound, untied, not fastened, not confined.[2]. Movable, not fast, not fixed.[3]. Slack, relaxed, not tense, not tight.[4]. Open, not close, not compact, not dense.[5]. Prolix, rambling, not concise.[6]. Vague, indefinite, indistinct, indeterminate, ill-defined, not precise, not exact.[7]. Lax in the bowels, not costive.[8]. Immoral, dissolute, WANTON, unchaste, of lax morals.

Inputed by Cole

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Unbound, detached, flowing, scattered, sparse, incompact, vague, inexact,rambling, dissolute, licentious

ANT:Bound, tied, fastened, tight, moored, lashed, secured, thick, close, dense,compact, pointed, accurate, exact, consecutive, strict, logical, scientific,conscientious

SYN:Untie, unfasten, let

ANT:Tie, fasten, hold, retain

Edited by Karl

Definition

adj. slack free: unbound: not confined: not compact: indefinite: vague: not strict: unrestrained: lax in principle: licentious: inattentive.—adj. Loose′-bod′ied flowing.—n. Loose′-kir′tle a wanton.—adv. Loose′ly.—ns. Loos′ener a laxative; Loose′ness the state of being loose: diarrhœa.—Loose box a part of a stable where horses are kept untied.—Break loose to escape from confinement; Give a loose to to give free vent to; Let loose to set at liberty.

v.t. to free from any fastening: to release: to relax: (Spens.) to solve.—v.i. (B.) to set sail.—v.t. Loos′en to make loose: to relax anything tied or rigid: to make less dense; to open as the bowels.—v.i. to become loose: to become less tight.

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