Definitions for loose

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loose loose

Spelling: [loos]

IPA: /lus/

Loose is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in loose (eloos).

Definitions for loose

Idioms

1. break loose, to free oneself; escape:
2. cast loose, to loosen or unfasten, as a ship from a mooring. to send forth; set adrift or free:
3. cut loose, to release from domination or control. to become free, independent, etc. to revel without restraint:
4. hang / stay loose, Slang. to remain relaxed and unperturbed.
5. let loose, to free or become free. to yield; give way:
6. on the loose, free; unconfined, as, especially, an escaped convict or circus animal. behaving in an unrestrained or dissolute way:
7. turn loose, to release or free, as from confinement:

adverb

1. in a loose manner; loosely (usually used in combination):

adjective

1. free or released from fastening or attachment:
2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered:
3. uncombined, as a chemical element.
4. not bound together:
5. not put up in a package or other container:
6. available for disposal; unused; unappropriated:
7. lacking in reticence or power of restraint:
8. lax, as the bowels.
9. lacking moral restraint or integrity; notorious for his loose character.
10. sexually promiscuous or immoral; unchaste.
11. not firm, taut, or rigid:
12. relaxed or limber in nature:
13. not fitting closely or tightly:
14. not close or compact in structure or arrangement; having spaces between the parts; open:
15. having few restraining factors between associated constituents and allowing ample freedom for independent action:
16. not cohering:
17. not strict, exact, or precise:
18. Sports. having the players on a team positioned at fairly wide intervals, as in a football formation. (of a ball, hockey puck, etc.) not in the possession of either team; out of player control.

verb (used with object)

1. to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
2. to release, as from constraint, obligation, or penalty.
3. Chiefly Nautical. to set free from fastening or attachment:
4. to unfasten, undo, or untie, as a bond, fetter, or knot.
5. to shoot; discharge; let fly:
6. to make less tight; slacken or relax.
7. to render less firmly fixed; lessen an attachment; loosen.

verb (used without object)

1. to let go a hold.
2. to hoist anchor; get under way.
3. to shoot or let fly an arrow, bullet, etc. (often followed by off):
4. Obsolete. to become loose; loosen.

Origin of loose

1175-1225; (adj.) Middle English los, loos Old Norse lauss loose, free, empty; cognate with Old English lēas (see -less), Dutch, German los loose, free; (v.) Middle E

Examples for loose

Zealots on motorcycles are throwing acid at women whose veils are deemed too loose in the ancient city of Isfahan.

As might be expected in a first essay, the drawing is now over-minute, now too loose.

As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.

The loose, flowing robe of her daily wear is of classic grace and dignity.

Their outburst of melody is like a brook let loose from wintry chains.

He won eighty dollars, and thrust it loose in his trousers pocket.

And yet it was a coward's blow, and one to stir the blood and loose the tongue of the most peaceful.

Wales fostered a loose system of collective management, in which he played guide and gentle prodder but not boss.

Emotions once suppressed, emotions once channeled, now are let loose.

Johnson reported that he was stunned when Brown just grabbed a box of cigarillos and then two handfuls of loose ones.