1. Adjective form
Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
2. Adjective form
Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
3. Adjective form
Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
4. Adjective form
Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
5. Adjective form
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
6. Adjective form
Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
7. Adjective form
Unconnected; rambling.
8. Adjective form
Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
9. Adjective form
Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
10. Adjective form
Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
11. Noun
Freedom from restraint.
12. Noun
A letting go; discharge.
13. Adjective
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
14. Adjective
To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
15. Adjective
To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
16. Adjective
To solve; to interpret.
17. Verb
To set sail.
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