English to English adjective
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not compact or dense in structure or arrangement | Example:
• loose gravel
source: wordnet30
2 |
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting | Example:
• loose clothing • the large shoes were very loose
source: wordnet30 Example:
• the stamp came loose
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4 |
Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
5 |
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player | Example:
• a loose ball
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6 |
not officially recognized or controlled | Example:
• an informal agreement • a loose organization of the local farmers
source: wordnet30 Example:
• a loose interpretation of what she had been told • a free translation of the poem
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8 |
emptying easily or excessively | Example:
• loose bowels
source: wordnet30 Example:
• the old man's skin hung loose and grey • slack and wrinkled skin • slack sails • a slack rope
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10 |
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps | Example:
• an open texture • a loose weave
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11 |
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | Example:
• idle talk • a loose tongue
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12 |
not carefully arranged in a package | Example:
• a box of loose nails
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13 |
having escaped, especially from confinement | Example:
• a convict still at large • searching for two escaped prisoners • dogs loose on the streets • criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
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14 |
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Example:
• her easy virtue • he was told to avoid loose (or light) women • wanton behavior
source: wordnet30 adverb Example:
• cows in India are running loose
source: wordnet30 noun
16 |
Freedom from restraint. | source: webster1913 verb
17 |
grant freedom to; free from confinement | source: wordnet30
18 |
turn loose or free from restraint | Example:
• let loose mines • Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
source: wordnet30 Example:
• loosen the tension on a rope
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20 |
become loose or looser or less tight | Example:
• The noose loosened • the rope relaxed
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21 |
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. | source: webster1913 source: webster1913
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