loose

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Verb
1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
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2. turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
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3. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
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4. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
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Adjective
1. not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker"
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2. not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
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3. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
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4. not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
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5. not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
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6. not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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7. emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
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8. not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
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9. not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
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10. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"
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11. not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks"
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12. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
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13. not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
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14. freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"
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15. 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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16. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
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17. not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers"
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Adverb
1. without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
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