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Meaning: Not restrained or confined or attached Context examples: a pocket full of loose bills / knocked the ball loose / got loose from his attacker Similar: free (able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)
Meaning: Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement Context example: loose gravel Similar: unconsolidated (loose and unstratified) silty (full of silt) shifting; unfirm ((of soil) unstable) friable; light; sandy ((used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency) Antonym: compact (closely and firmly united or packed together)
Meaning: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player Context example: a loose ball Similar: uncontrolled (not being under control; out of control) Domain category: athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Meaning: Not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting Context examples: loose clothing / the large shoes were very loose Similar: baggy; loose-fitting; sloppy (not fitting closely; hanging loosely) flyaway ((of hair or clothing) worn loose) Also: lax (not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight) Antonym: tight (closely constrained or constricted or constricting)
Meaning: Not officially recognized or controlled Synonyms: informal; loose Context examples: an informal agreement / a loose organization of the local farmers Similar: unofficial (not having official authority or sanction)
Meaning: Not literal Synonyms: Context examples: a loose interpretation of what she had been told / a free translation of the poem Similar: inexact (not exact)
Meaning: Emptying easily or excessively Synonyms: lax; loose Context example: loose bowels Similar: regular; unconstipated (not constipated)
Meaning: Not affixed Synonyms: unaffixed; loose Context example: the stamp came loose
Meaning: Not tense or taut Synonyms: slack; loose Context examples: the old man's skin hung loose and grey / slack and wrinkled skin / slack sails / a slack rope Similar: lax (not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight)
Meaning: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps Synonyms: open; loose Context examples: an open texture / a loose weave Similar: coarse; harsh (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)
Meaning: Not fixed firmly or tightly Context examples: the bolts became loose over time / a loose chair leg / loose bricks Similar: insecure (not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way)
Meaning: Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility Synonyms: idle; loose Context examples: idle talk / a loose tongue Similar: irresponsible (showing lack of care for consequences)
Meaning: Not carefully arranged in a package Context example: a box of loose nails Similar: unpackaged (not packaged or put into packets)
Meaning: Freely producing mucus Context example: a loose phlegmy cough Similar: phlegmy (characterized by phlegm)
Meaning: Having escaped, especially from confinement Synonyms: on the loose; escaped; at large; loose Context examples: a convict still at large / searching for two escaped prisoners / dogs loose on the streets / criminals on the loose in the neighborhood Similar: free (able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)
Meaning: Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior Synonyms: wanton; sluttish; promiscuous; easy; loose; light Context examples: her easy virtue / he was told to avoid loose (or light) women / wanton behavior Similar: unchaste (not chaste)
Meaning: Not bound or fastened or gathered together Context examples: loose pages / loose papers Similar: unbound (not secured within a cover)
Meaning: Grant freedom to; free from confinement Classified under: Verbs of political and social activities and events Synonyms: unloosen; unloose; loose; free; release; liberate Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "loose"): bail out (free on bail) run (set animals loose to graze) bail (release after a security has been paid) unchain (make free) unspell (release from a spell) parole (release a criminal from detention and place him on parole) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s somebody Sentence example: They want to loose the prisoners
Meaning: Turn loose or free from restraint Classified under: Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging Synonyms: Context examples: let loose mines / Loose terrible plagues upon humanity Hypernyms (to "loose" is one way to...): let go; let go of; release; relinquish (release, as from one's grip) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Make loose or looser Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: loosen; loose Context example: loosen the tension on a rope Hypernyms (to "loose" is one way to...): alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) Cause: loose; loosen; relax (become loose or looser or less tight) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "loose"): relax; unbend (make less tight) remit; slacken (make slack as by lessening tension or firmness) slack (release tension on) unscrew (loosen something by unscrewing it) unscrew (loosen by turning) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Become loose or looser or less tight Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: Context examples: The noose loosened / the rope relaxed Hypernyms (to "loose" is one way to...): weaken (become weaker) Sentence frames: Something ----s
Meaning: Without restraint Synonyms: free; loose Context example: cows in India are running loose Pertainym: loose (not restrained or confined or attached)  "All good things come to an end." (English proverb) "If a forest catches fire, both the dry and the wet will burn." (Afghanistan proverb) "The deserter is the brother of the murderer." (Arabic proverb) "Think before acting and whilst acting still think." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: What does silty mean? lax definition What does unspell mean? relinquish definition What does weaken mean?
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