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loose

English

  1. 🔊 not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
    “loose gravel”
  2. 🔊 (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
    “a loose ball”
  3. 🔊 not tight
    “loose clothing”
  4. 🔊 not carefully arranged in a package
    “a box of loose nails”
  5. 🔊 (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
    “an open texture”
  6. 🔊 not tense or taut
    “the old man's skin hung loose and grey”
  7. 🔊 not affixed
    “the stamp came loose”
  8. 🔊 emptying easily or excessively
    “loose bowels”
  9. 🔊 not literal
    “a loose interpretation of what she had been told”
  10. 🔊 not officially recognized or controlled
    “an informal agreement”
  11. 🔊 lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
    “idle talk”
  12. 🔊 casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
    “her easy virtue”
  13. 🔊 having escaped, especially from confinement
    “a convict still at large”
  14. 🔊 without restraint
    “cows in India are running loose”
  15. 🔊 make loose or looser
    “loosen the tension on a rope”
  16. 🔊 become loose or looser or less tight
    “The noose loosened”
  17. 🔊 turn loose or free from restraint
    “let loose mines”
  18. 🔊 grant freedom to

Spanish

  1. 🔊 flojo loose
  2. 🔊 volante loose
  3. 🔊 holgado loose, vague

Similar words

loosen relax loosen unleash let loose free liberate release unloose unloosen unaffixed easy light promiscuous sluttish wanton lax free liberal at large(p) escaped on the loose(p) informal idle