LOOSE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • become loose or looser or less tight
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The noose loosened
    • the rope relaxed
    Hypernyms(s) loose is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • make loose or looser
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • loosen the tension on a rope
    Hypernyms(s) loose is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Cause(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • turn loose or free from restraint
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • let loose mines
    • Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
    Hypernyms(s) loose is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • grant freedom to
    • free from confinement
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LOOSE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not affixed
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the stamp came loose
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  2. Meaning
    • not bound or fastened or gathered together
    Usage Example(s)
    • loose pages
    • loose papers
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  3. Meaning
    • casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • her easy virtue
    • he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
    • wanton behavior
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  4. Meaning
    • not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
    Usage Example(s)
    • loose gravel
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  5. Meaning
    • (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
    Usage Example(s)
    • a loose ball
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  6. Meaning
    • emptying easily or excessively
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • loose bowels
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  7. Meaning
    • not literal
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a loose interpretation of what she had been told
    • a free translation of the poem
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  8. Meaning
    • having escaped, especially from confinement
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a convict still at large
    • searching for two escaped prisoners
    • dogs loose on the streets
    • criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
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  9. Meaning
    • not restrained or confined or attached
    Usage Example(s)
    • a pocket full of loose bills
    • knocked the ball loose
    • got loose from his attacker
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  10. Meaning
    • freely producing mucus
    Usage Example(s)
    • a loose phlegmy cough
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  11. Meaning
    • not tight
    • not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
    Usage Example(s)
    • loose clothing
    • the large shoes were very loose
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  12. Meaning
    • not officially recognized or controlled
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • an informal agreement
    • a loose organization of the local farmers
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  13. Meaning
    • not carefully arranged in a package
    Usage Example(s)
    • a box of loose nails
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  14. Meaning
    • lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • idle talk
    • a loose tongue
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  15. Meaning
    • not fixed firmly or tightly
    Usage Example(s)
    • the bolts became loose over time
    • a loose chair leg
    • loose bricks
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  16. Meaning
    • (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • an open texture
    • a loose weave
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  17. Meaning
    • not tense or taut
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the old man’’s skin hung loose and gray
    • slack and wrinkled skin
    • slack sails
    • a slack rope
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LOOSE as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • without restraint
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • cows in India are running loose
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