loosing


loose

L0248400 (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

loosing

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lowsening

ndialect Yorkshire a celebration of one's 21st birthday