loose
loose is a 5-letter English word with 35 senses as noun, adjective, intransitive verb, verb, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- superlative. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
- superlative. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
- superlative. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
- superlative. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
- superlative. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
- superlative. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
- superlative. Unconnected; rambling.
- superlative. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
- superlative. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
- superlative. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
- noun. Freedom from restraint.
- noun. A letting go; discharge.
- adjective. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
- adjective. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
- adjective. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
- adjective. To solve; to interpret.
- intransitive verb. To set sail.
- verb. become loose or looser or less tight
"The noose loosened"
"the rope relaxed"
- verb. make loose or looser
"loosen the tension on a rope"
- verb. turn loose or free from restraint
"let loose mines"
"Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
- verb. grant freedom to; free from confinement
- adjective. not affixed
"the stamp came loose"
- adjective. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
"her easy virtue"
"he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"
- adjective. not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
"loose gravel"
- adjective. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
"a loose ball"
- adjective. emptying easily or excessively
"loose bowels"
- adjective. not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"
"a free translation of the poem"
- adjective. having escaped, especially from confinement
"a convict still at large"
"searching for two escaped prisoners"
- adjective. not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
"loose clothing"
"the large shoes were very loose"
- adjective. not officially recognized or controlled
"an informal agreement"
"a loose organization of the local farmers"
- adjective. not carefully arranged in a package
"a box of loose nails"
- adjective. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
"idle talk"
"a loose tongue"
- adjective. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
"an open texture"
"a loose weave"
- adjective. not tense or taut
"the old man's skin hung loose and grey"
"slack and wrinkled skin"
- adverb. without restraint
"cows in India are running loose"
Synonyms
loosen, relax, unleash, free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, unaffixed, easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton, lax, liberal, escaped, informal, idle, open, slack
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in loose:
Common word forms
loosed, looser, looses, loosely, loosest, loosing, looseness
Words from these letters
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