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Loose

//luːs// adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

    "This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel."

  2. 2
    Not held or packaged together.

    "You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose."

  3. 3
    Not under control.

    "The dog is loose again."

  4. 4
    Not fitting closely.

    "I wear loose clothes when it is hot."

  5. 5
    Not compact.

    "It is difficult walking on loose gravel."

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  1. 6
    Relaxed.

    "She danced with a loose flowing movement."

  2. 7
    Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.

    "a loose way of reasoning"

  3. 8
    Indiscreet.

    "Loose talk costs lives."

  4. 9
    Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste. dated

    "In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious."

  5. 10
    Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game. not-comparable

    "He caught an elbow going after a loose ball."

  6. 11
    Not costive; having lax bowels. dated

    "People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies"

  7. 12
    Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
  8. 13
    Having oversteer. US, slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    not affixed wordnet
  2. 2
    casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior wordnet
  3. 3
    not compact or dense in structure or arrangement wordnet
  4. 4
    (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player wordnet
  5. 5
    emptying easily or excessively wordnet
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  1. 6
    not literal wordnet
  2. 7
    having escaped, especially from confinement wordnet
  3. 8
    not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting wordnet
  4. 9
    not officially recognized or controlled wordnet
  5. 10
    not carefully arranged in a package wordnet
  6. 11
    lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility wordnet
  7. 12
    (of textures) full of small openings or gaps wordnet
  8. 13
    not tense or taut wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    without restraint wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    begin shooting; release your arrows
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The release of an arrow.

    "In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger."

  2. 2
    A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment. obsolete

    "They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions."

  3. 3
    All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).

    "The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose."

  4. 4
    Freedom from restraint.

    "Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow."

  5. 5
    A letting go; discharge.
Verb
  1. 1
    To let loose, to free from restraints. transitive

    "Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of lose. alt-of, obsolete

    "And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […]"

  3. 3
    become loose or looser or less tight wordnet
  4. 4
    To unfasten, to loosen. transitive
  5. 5
    Misspelling of lose. alt-of, misspelling

    "I'm going to loose this game."

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  1. 6
    make loose or looser wordnet
  2. 7
    To make less tight, to loosen. transitive
  3. 8
    turn loose or free from restraint wordnet
  4. 9
    Of a grip or hold, to let go. intransitive
  5. 10
    grant freedom to; free from confinement wordnet
  6. 11
    To shoot (an arrow).
  7. 12
    To set sail. obsolete

    "Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem."

  8. 13
    To solve; to interpret. obsolete

    "he had red her riddle, which no wight Could ever loose"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

Etymology 3

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

Etymology 4

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

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