Loose - Definition

adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
[syn: loose, free]
adj 1: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose
gravel" [ant: compact]
2: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any
player; "a loose ball"
3: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or
constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very
loose" [ant: tight]
4: not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal
agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" [syn:
informal, loose]
5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free,
loose, liberal]
6: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: lax,
loose]
7: not affixed; "the stamp came loose" [syn: unaffixed,
loose] [ant: affixed]
8: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey";
"slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
[syn: loose, slack]
9: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open
texture"; "a loose weave" [syn: loose, open]
10: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk";
"a loose tongue" [syn: idle, loose]
11: not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
12: 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" [syn: at large(p), escaped, loose, on
the loose(p)]
13: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy
virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women";
"wanton behavior" [syn: easy, light, loose,
promiscuous, sluttish, wanton]
v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free,
liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose]
[ant: confine, detain]
2: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose
terrible plagues upon humanity" [syn: unleash, let loose,
loose]
3: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn:
loosen, loose] [ant: stiffen]
4: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened";
"the rope relaxed" [syn: loosen, relax, loose] [ant:
stiffen]