loose

Speech parts

1. loose - Noun

2. loose - Adjective

3. loose - Verb

4. loose - Adverb

5. loose - Interjection

7. loose - Adjective Satellite

8. Loose - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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

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.

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.

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Examples

a convict still at large Source: Internet

searching for two escaped prisoners Source: Internet

dogs loose on the streets Source: Internet

criminals on the loose in the neighborhood Source: Internet

her easy virtue Source: Internet

he was told to avoid loose (or light) women Source: Internet

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