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lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"

not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker"

not affixed; "the stamp came loose"

not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers"

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"

(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"

freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"

become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"

not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"

not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks"

(of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"

not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker"

not affixed; "the stamp came loose"

not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers"

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"

(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"

freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"

become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.

Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

Unconnected; rambling.

Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.

Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.

A letting go; discharge.

To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

To solve; to interpret.

To set sail.

Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; - with from or of.

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.

Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

Unconnected; rambling.

Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.

Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.

A letting go; discharge.

To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

To solve; to interpret.

To set sail.

Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; - with from or of.

Not fast; unbound; not tight; vague; unconnected; not close or compact in substance or texture; not careful in morals.

To set free; unbind; disengage; relax.

Loosely.

Looseness.

Looser.

Loosest.

Loosed.

Loosing.

Loosely.

Looseness.

Slack, free: unbound: not confined: not compact: not strict: unrestrained: licentious: inattentive.

To free from any fastening: to release: to relax.

(B.) To set sail.

Loosely.

Looseness.

To free; release; unbind; disengage.

Not fastened confined, or compact.

Lax; slack; dissolute.

Indefinite; vague.

To release; relax.

Unbound; unconfined; not strict; licentious.

Unconfined, lax, relaxed; of the intestinal canal, discharging its contents freely; of a cough, attended with free secretion.

n. Liberty; freedom from restraint.