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 looseL0248400 (lo͞os)adj. loos·er, loos·est 1.  Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.2.  Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.3.  Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.4.  Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.5.  Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.6.  Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.7.  Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.8.  Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.9.  Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.10.  Not literal or exact: a loose translation.11.  Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.adv. In a loose manner.tr.v. loosed, loos·ing, loos·es 1.  To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.2.  To make loose; undo: loosed his belt.3.  To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs at camp.4.  To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow.5.  To release pressure or obligation from; absolve: loosed her from the responsibility.6.  To make less strict; relax: a leader's strong authority that was loosed by easy times.Idiom:  on the loose1.  At large; free.2.  Acting in an uninhibited fashion.[Middle English louse, los, from Old Norse lauss; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
 loose′ly adv.loose′ness n.Synonyms:  loose, lax, slack1
 These adjectives mean not tautly bound, held, or fastened: loose reins; a lax rope; slack sails.Antonym:  tight
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