loose

IPA: ɫˈus

noun

  • (archery) The release of an arrow.
  • (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
  • (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
  • Freedom from restraint.
  • A letting go; discharge.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
  • (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
  • (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
  • (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
  • (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
  • (obsolete) To set sail.
  • (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
  • Misspelling of lose. [(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability.]

adjective

  • Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
  • Not held or packaged together.
  • Not under control.
  • Not fitting closely
  • Not compact.
  • Relaxed.
  • Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
  • Indiscreet.
  • (somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
  • (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
  • (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
  • (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
  • (US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer.
  • (slang, vulgar, of either a woman's anus or vagina) abnormally wide after multiple penetrations due to having had sexual intercourse multiple times.
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Examples of "loose" in Sentences

  • The movie is ingratiating and loose.
  • Is the power jack in the laptop loose
  • One of the bolts on the sink is loose.
  • It's too flabby and loose at the moment.
  • I'm not entirely happy with the looseness.
  • It's a potpourri of aspects loosely bundled.
  • First, you will have to tackle the looseness.
  • In the end the bull looses and the panther wins.
  • In the end, the bull looses and the panther wins.
  • A laxometer determines the laxity or looseness of the scalp.

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