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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