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(satellite adjective) not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers" |
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(adverb) without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" |
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Synonyms: free |
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(adjective) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" |
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Antonyms: compact |
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(satellite adjective) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball" |
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(satellite adjective) not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker" |
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(satellite adjective) freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough" |
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(adjective) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" |
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Antonyms: tight |
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(satellite adjective) not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails" |
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(satellite adjective) not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks" |
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(satellite adjective) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" |
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Synonyms: open |
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(satellite adjective) not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" |
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Synonyms: slack |
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(adjective) not affixed; "the stamp came loose" |
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Synonyms: unaffixed |
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(verb) make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
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Synonyms: loosen |
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Related Words: alter, change, relax, remit, slack, slacken, unbend, unscrew |
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(verb) become less tight; "the rope relaxed" |
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Synonyms: relax |
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Related Words: loosen, relax |
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(satellite adjective) emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" |
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Synonyms: lax |
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(satellite adjective) not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" |
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Synonyms: free, liberal |
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(satellite adjective) not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" |
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Synonyms: informal |
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(satellite adjective) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" |
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Synonyms: idle |
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(satellite adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" |
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Synonyms: easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
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(verb) turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
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Synonyms: let loose, unleash |
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Related Words: let go, let go of, release |
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(satellite adjective) having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
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Synonyms: at large, at liberty, escaped, on the loose |
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(verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement |
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Synonyms: free, liberate, release, unloose |
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Related Words: bail out, parole, run, unchain, unspell |
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