loose

Definitions of loose in various dictionaries:

verb - grant freedom to

verb - turn loose or free from restraint

verb - make loose or looser

verb - become loose or looser or less tight

adj - not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

adj - (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

adj - not tight

adj - not officially recognized or controlled

adj - not literal

adj - emptying easily or excessively

adj - not affixed

adj - not tense or taut

adj - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

adj - lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

adj - not carefully arranged in a package

adj - having escaped, especially from confinement

adj - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

adv - without restraint

Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.

Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.

Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals who were loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.

Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.

Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.

Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.

Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.

Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.

Not literal or exact: a loose translation.

In a loose manner.

To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.

To make loose; undo: loosed his belt.

To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs at camp.

To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow.

To release pressure or obligation from; absolve: loosed her from the responsibility.

To make less strict; relax: a leader’s strong authority that was loosed by easy times.

To become loose.

To discharge a missile; fire.

At large; free.

The central meaning shared by these adj ectives is “not tautly bound, held, or fastened”: loose reins; a lax rope; slack sails.

adv - not firm, taut, or rigid [ adj LOOSER, LOOSEST] : LOOSELY

verb - to set free