loose
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(r) without restraint
- cows in India are running loose
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(a) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
- loose gravel
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(s) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
- a loose ball
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(a) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- loose clothing
- the large shoes were very loose
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(s) not officially recognized or controlled
- an informal agreement
- a loose organization of the local farmers
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(s) not literal
- a loose interpretation of what she had been told
- a free translation of the poem
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(s) emptying easily or excessively
- loose bowels
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(a) not affixed
- the stamp came loose
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(s) not tense or taut
- the old man's skin hung loose and grey
- slack and wrinkled skin
- slack sails
- a slack rope
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(s) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- an open texture
- a loose weave
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(s) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- idle talk
- a loose tongue
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(s) not carefully arranged in a package
- a box of loose nails
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(s) 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
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(s) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- her easy virtue
- he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
- wanton behavior
Verbs
- (v) grant freedom to; free from confinement free, unloose, unloosen, liberate, release,
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(v) turn loose or free from restraint
- let loose mines
- Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
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(v) make loose or looser
- loosen the tension on a rope
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(v) become loose or looser or less tight
- The noose loosened
- the rope relaxed