To give freedom; to release from confinement or restraint.
To make undone or untied; to free from any fastening.
Displaying the effect of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure.
Expressed in an unclear fashion.
Not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined.
Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.
(For a garment) Not tight or close.
Not dense, close, compact, or crowded.
Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
Not held or packaged together.
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"
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
grant freedom to; free from confinement
not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
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"
not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker"
freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"
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"
without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"
not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
become less tight; "the rope relaxed"
not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
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"
become loose or looser or less tight
make loose or looser
turn loose or free from restraint
not affixed
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
emptying easily or excessively
not literal
having escaped, especially from confinement
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
