Verb | 1. | loose - grant freedom to; free from confinement |
2. | loose - turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" | |
3. | loose - make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" Synonyms: loosen | |
4. | loose - become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" | |
Adj. | 1. | loose - not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker" |
2. | loose - not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" Antonyms: compact - closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" | |
3. | loose - (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball" | |
4. | loose - not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" Antonyms: tight - closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest" | |
5. | loose - not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" Synonyms: informal | |
6. | loose - not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" | |
7. | loose - emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" Synonyms: lax | |
8. | loose - not affixed; "the stamp came loose" Synonyms: unaffixed | |
9. | loose - not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" Synonyms: slack | |
10. | loose - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" Synonyms: open | |
11. | loose - not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks" | |
12. | loose - lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" Synonyms: idle | |
13. | loose - not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails" | |
14. | loose - freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough" | |
15. | loose - having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" | |
16. | loose - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" | |
17. | loose - not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers" | |
Adv. | 1. | loose - without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" Synonyms: free |