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English to English adjective
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not compact or dense in structure or arrangement |  | Example: loose gravel
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not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting | | Example: loose clothing
the large shoes were very loose
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not affixed | | Example: the stamp came loose
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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player | | Example: a loose ball
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not officially recognized or controlled | | Example: an informal agreement
a loose organization of the local farmers
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not literal | | Example: a loose interpretation of what she had been told
a free translation of the poem
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emptying easily or excessively | | Example: loose bowels
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not tense or taut | | Example: the old man's skin hung loose and grey
slack and wrinkled skin
slack sails
a slack rope
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(of textures) full of small openings or gaps | | Example: an open texture
a loose weave
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lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | | Example: idle talk
a loose tongue
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not carefully arranged in a package | | Example: a box of loose nails
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having escaped, especially from confinement | | Example: 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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casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | | Example: her easy virtue
he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
wanton behavior
source: wordnet30 adverb
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without restraint | | Example: cows in India are running loose
source: wordnet30 noun
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Freedom from restraint. | | source: webster1913 verb
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grant freedom to; free from confinement | | source: wordnet30
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turn loose or free from restraint | | Example: let loose mines
Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
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make loose or looser | | Example: loosen the tension on a rope
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become loose or looser or less tight | | Example: The noose loosened
the rope relaxed
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To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. | | source: webster1913
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To set sail. | | source: webster1913
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