loose

loose in WordNet English dictionary

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"
at large escaped loose on the loose
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
"her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
easy light loose promiscuous sluttish wanton
not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
free loose liberal
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
"idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
idle loose
not officially recognized or controlled
"an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
informal loose
emptying easily or excessively
"loose bowels"
lax loose
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
"loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
loose
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
"loose gravel"
loose
not affixed
"the stamp came loose"
unaffixed loose
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps
"an open texture"; "a loose weave"
loose open
not tense or taut
"the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
loose slack
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
"a loose ball"
loose
not carefully arranged in a package
"a box of loose nails"
loose

verb

grant freedom to; free from confinement
free liberate release unloose unloosen loose
turn loose or free from restraint
"let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
unleash let loose loose
become loose or looser or less tight
"The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
loosen relax loose
make loose or looser
"loosen the tension on a rope"
loosen loose

adverb