loose

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To let loose, to free from restraints.

   • Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
   • And it was Thora, the little Dwarf's wife, The five rune-books she took out; So she loosed him fully out of the runes, Her daughter had bound him about.
2. 2

   To unfasten, to loosen.

3. 3

   To make less tight, to loosen.

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   1. 4

      Of a grip or hold, to let go.

   2. 5

      To shoot (an arrow).

   3. 6

      To set sail.

      • Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
   4. 7

      To solve

      To solve; to interpret.

      • he had red her riddle, which no wight Could ever loose
   5. 8

      Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

      • This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
   6. 9

      Not held or packaged together.

      • You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
   7. 10

      Not under control.

      • The dog is loose again.
      • The very idea of a machine set loose to slaughter is chilling.
      • Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts?
   8. 11

      Not fitting closely.

      • I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
   9. 12

      Not compact.

      • It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
      • a cloth of loose texture
      • with horse and chariots ranked in loose array
   10. 13

       Relaxed.

       • She danced with a loose flowing movement.
   11. 14

       Not precise or exact

       Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.

       • a loose way of reasoning
       • The comparison employed […] must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.
   12. 15

       Indiscreet.

       • Loose talk costs lives.
   13. 16

       Free from moral restraint

       Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.

       • In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
       • to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight
       • the loose morality which he had learned
   14. 17

       Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.

       • He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
       • The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
       • Tomas Rosicky released the left-back with a fine pass but his low cross was cut out by Ivan Marcano. However the Brazilian was able to collect the loose ball, cut inside and roll a right-footed effort past Franco Costanzo at his near post.
   15. 18

       Not costive

       Not costive; having lax bowels.

       • People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies
   16. 19

       Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).

   17. 20

       Having oversteer.

   18. 21

       The release of an arrow.

       • In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger.
   19. 22

       A state of laxity or indulgence

       A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.

       • They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions.
   20. 23

       All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).

   21. 24

       Freedom from restraint.

       • Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
   22. 25

       A letting go

       A letting go; discharge.

   23. 26

       begin shooting

       begin shooting; release your arrows

   24. 27

       Obsolete form of lose.

       • And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […]
   25. 28

       Misspelling of lose.

       • I'm going to loose this game.
   26. 29

       A surname.

The neighborhood

• synonymfire
• synonymshoot
• synonymunsecured
• synonymloose-fitting
• synonymspaced out
• synonymdiffuse
• synonymrelaxed
• synonymcarefree
• synonymslutty
• synonymtarty
• synonymwhorish
• synonympromiscuous
• antonymbindantonym(s) of “let loose”
• antonymconstrainantonym(s) of “let loose”
• antonymfastenantonym(s) of “unfasten”
• antonymtieantonym(s) of “unfasten”
• antonymtightenantonym(s) of “make less tight”
• antonymfastantonym(s) of “archery”
• antonymfirmantonym(s) of
• antonymtight
• antonympackagedantonym(s) of “not held or packaged together”
• antonymboundantonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”
• antonymleashedantonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”
• antonymtetheredantonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”
• neighborrickety
• neighborseparate
• neighborportable
• neighboroverloose
• neighborultraloose
• neighborsandish
• neighborshattery