unaffixed, loose
(adjective) not affixed; “the stamp came loose”
easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; “her easy virtue”; “he was told to avoid loose (or light) women”; “wanton behavior”
loose
(adjective) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; “loose gravel”
loose
(adjective) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; “a loose ball”
lax, loose
(adjective) emptying easily or excessively; “loose bowels”
free, loose, liberal
(adjective) not literal; “a loose interpretation of what she had been told”; “a free translation of the poem”
loose
(adjective) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; “loose clothing”; “the large shoes were very loose”
informal, loose
(adjective) not officially recognized or controlled; “an informal agreement”; “a loose organization of the local farmers”
loose
(adjective) not carefully arranged in a package; “a box of loose nails”
idle, loose
(adjective) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; “idle talk”; “a loose tongue”
loose, open
(adjective) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; “an open texture”; “a loose weave”
loose, slack
(adjective) not tense or taut; “the old man’s skin hung loose and grey”; “slack and wrinkled skin”; “slack sails”; “a slack rope”; “a slack grip”
loose, free
(adverb) without restraint; “cows in India are running loose”
loosen, relax, loose
(verb) become loose or looser or less tight; “The noose loosened”; “the rope relaxed”
loosen, loose
(verb) make loose or looser; “loosen the tension on a rope”
unleash, let loose, loose
(verb) turn loose or free from restraint; “let loose mines”; “Loose terrible plagues upon humanity”
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
(verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Loose (plural Looses)
A surname.
• oleos
loose (third-person singular simple present looses, present participle loosing, simple past and past participle loosed)
(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.
• (let loose): free, release
• (unfasten): loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, untie
• (make less tight): loosen, relax, slacken
• (of grip or hold): let go, release
• (archery): fire, shoot
• (let loose): bind, constrain
• (unfasten): bind, fasten, tie
• (make less tight): tighten
• (of grip or hold): tighten
• (archery): fast
loose (comparative looser, superlative loosest)
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.
• (not fixed in place tightly or firmly): unfastened, unsecured; see also loose
• (not held or packaged together): separate, unpackaged
• (not bound or tethered or leashed): free, untethered
• (not fitting closely): baggy; see also loose-fitting
• (not compact): diffuse, spaced out; see also diffuse
• (relaxed): loose-limbed, relaxed; see also carefree
• (indiscreet): indiscreet
• (promiscuous): polygamous, promiscuous, slutty, tarty, whorish; see also promiscuous
• (not fixed in place tightly or firmly): firm, tight; see also tight
• (not held or packaged together): packaged
• (not bound or tethered or leashed): bound, leashed, tethered, tied, tied up
• (not fitting closely): close-fitting, snug, tight; see also close-fitting
• (not compact): compact, firm; see also compact
• (relaxed): tense, tensed
• (indiscreet): discreet
• (promiscuous): faithful, monogamous
loose (plural looses)
(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.
loose
(archery) begin shooting; release your arrows
• (archery: begin shooting): fast
loose
Misspelling of lose.
• oleos
Source: Wiktionary
Loose, a. [Compar. Looser; superl. Loosest.] Etym: [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. Lose, and cf. Leasing falsehood.]
1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.
2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of. Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts Addison.
3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. Milton.
5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning. The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. Whewel.
6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. The loose morality which he had learned. Sir W. Scott.
7. Unconnected; rambling. Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. I. Watts.
8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. Locke.
9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. Loose ladies in delight. Spenser.
10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle. Dryden. At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed.
– Fast and loose. See under Fast.
– To break loose. See under Break.
– Loose pulley. (Mach.) See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast.
– To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
Loose, n.
1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] Prior.
2. A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson. To give a loose, to give freedom. Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. Addison.
Loose, v. n. [imp. & p. p. Loosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing.] Etym: [From Loose, a.]
1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion Job. xxxviii. 31. Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. Matt. xxi. 2.
2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit. Art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife. 1 Cor. vii. 27. Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matt. xvi. 19.
3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. The joints of his loins were loosed. Dan. v. 6.
4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] Spenser.
Loose, v. i.
Definition: To set sail. [Obs.] Acts xiii. 13.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
