loose

Meanings

• grant freedom to; free from confinement
• turn loose or free from restraint
  • "let loose mines"
  • "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
• make loose or looser
  • "loosen the tension on a rope"
• become loose or looser or less tight
  • "The noose loosened"
• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
  • "loose gravel"
• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
  • "a loose ball"
• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  • "loose clothing"
  • "the large shoes were very loose"
• not officially recognized or controlled
  • "a loose organization of the local farmers"
• not literal
  • "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"
• emptying easily or excessively
  • "loose bowels"
• not affixed
  • "the stamp came loose"
• not tense or taut
  • "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"
• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
  • "a loose weave"
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
  • "a loose tongue"
• not carefully arranged in a package
  • "a box of loose nails"
• having escaped, especially from confinement
  • "dogs loose on the streets"
  • "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  • "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"
• without restraint
  • "cows in India are running loose"

Synonyms

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