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Quick definitions from WordNet (loose)
▸ verb: make loose or looser ("Loosen the tension on a rope")
▸ verb: become loose or looser or less tight ("The noose loosened")
▸ verb: turn loose or free from restraint ("Let loose mines")
▸ verb: grant freedom to; free from confinement
▸ adjective: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting ("Loose clothing")
▸ adjective: not carefully arranged in a package ("A box of loose nails")
▸ adjective: not fixed firmly or tightly ("The bolts became loose over time")
▸ adjective: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps ("A loose weave")
▸ adjective: not tense or taut ("The old man's skin hung loose and gray")
▸ adjective: not bound or fastened or gathered together ("Loose pages")
▸ adjective: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement ("Loose gravel")
▸ adjective: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player ("A loose ball")
▸ adjective: not restrained or confined or attached ("A pocket full of loose bills")
▸ adjective: freely producing mucus ("A loose phlegmy cough")
▸ adjective: not officially recognized or controlled ("A loose organization of the local farmers")
▸ adjective: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility ("A loose tongue")
▸ adjective: not affixed ("The stamp came loose")
▸ adjective: emptying easily or excessively ("Loose bowels")
▸ adjective: not literal ("A loose interpretation of what she had been told")
▸ adjective: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior ("He was told to avoid loose (or light) women")
▸ adjective: having escaped, especially from confinement ("Dogs loose on the streets")
▸ adverb: without restraint ("Cows in India are running loose")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13467)
▸ Also see loosing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to loose
▸ Usage examples for loose
▸ Idioms related to loose (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by loose
▸ Words that often appear near loose
▸ Rhymes of loose
▸ Invented words related to loose
▸ verb: make loose or looser ("Loosen the tension on a rope")
▸ verb: become loose or looser or less tight ("The noose loosened")
▸ verb: turn loose or free from restraint ("Let loose mines")
▸ verb: grant freedom to; free from confinement
▸ adjective: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting ("Loose clothing")
▸ adjective: not carefully arranged in a package ("A box of loose nails")
▸ adjective: not fixed firmly or tightly ("The bolts became loose over time")
▸ adjective: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps ("A loose weave")
▸ adjective: not tense or taut ("The old man's skin hung loose and gray")
▸ adjective: not bound or fastened or gathered together ("Loose pages")
▸ adjective: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement ("Loose gravel")
▸ adjective: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player ("A loose ball")
▸ adjective: not restrained or confined or attached ("A pocket full of loose bills")
▸ adjective: freely producing mucus ("A loose phlegmy cough")
▸ adjective: not officially recognized or controlled ("A loose organization of the local farmers")
▸ adjective: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility ("A loose tongue")
▸ adjective: not affixed ("The stamp came loose")
▸ adjective: emptying easily or excessively ("Loose bowels")
▸ adjective: not literal ("A loose interpretation of what she had been told")
▸ adjective: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior ("He was told to avoid loose (or light) women")
▸ adjective: having escaped, especially from confinement ("Dogs loose on the streets")
▸ adverb: without restraint ("Cows in India are running loose")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13467)
▸ Also see loosing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to loose
▸ Usage examples for loose
▸ Idioms related to loose (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by loose
▸ Words that often appear near loose
▸ Rhymes of loose
▸ Invented words related to loose