Hyphenation of loose

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loose

Definitions of loose:

1.
Grant freedom to
Free from confinement
2.
Turn loose or free from restraint
Let loose mines Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
3.
Make loose or looser
Loosen the tension on a rope
4.
Become loose or looser or less tight
The noose loosened The rope relaxed
5.
Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
Loose gravel
6.
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
A loose ball
7.
Not tight
Not closely constrained or constricted or constricting Loose clothing The large shoes were very loose
8.
Not officially recognized or controlled
An informal agreement A loose organization of the local farmers
9.
Not literal
A loose interpretation of what she had been told A free translation of the poem
10.
Emptying easily or excessively
Loose bowels
11.
Not affixed
The stamp came loose
12.
Not tense or taut
The old man's skin hung loose and grey Slack and wrinkled skin Slack sails A slack rope
13.
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps
An open texture A loose weave
14.
Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Idle talk A loose tongue
15.
Not carefully arranged in a package
A box of loose nails
16.
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
17.
Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Her easy virtue He was told to avoid loose (or light) women Wanton behavior
18.
Without restraint
Cows in India are running loose

Synonyms of loose:

adj free
adj loose, friable, light, sandy, shifting, unfirm, silty, unconsolidated
adj uncontrolled
adj loose, baggy, loose-fitting, flyaway, lax
adj informal, unofficial
adj free, liberal, inexact
adj lax, unconstipated, regular
adj unaffixed
adj slack, lax
adj open, coarse
adj insecure
adj idle, irresponsible
adj unpackaged
adj phlegmy
adjat large, at liberty, escaped, on the loose, free
adj easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton, unchaste
adj unbound
verb free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen
verb unleash, let loose, let go of, let go, release, relinquish
verb loosen, change, alter, modify
verb loosen, relax, weaken
adv free

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