[verb] turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" Synonyms: unleash, let
[verb] make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
[verb] become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" Synonyms: relax
[adjective] not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker"
[adjective] not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
[adjective] (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
[adjective] not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
[adjective] not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" Synonyms: informal
[adjective] not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" Synonyms: free, liberal
[adjective] emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" Synonyms: lax
[adjective] not affixed; "the stamp came loose" Synonyms: unaffixed
[adjective] not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" Synonyms: slack
[adjective] (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" Synonyms: open
[adjective] not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks"
[adjective] lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" Synonyms: idle
[adjective] not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
[adjective] freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"
[adjective] 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" Synonyms: at large, at liberty, escaped, on the
[adjective] casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" Synonyms: easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
[adjective] not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers"
