Dictionary Entry
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.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 35 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
- 2superlative
Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
- 3superlative
Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
- 4superlative
Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
- 5superlative
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
- 6superlative
Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
- 7superlative
Unconnected; rambling.
- 8superlative
Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
- 9superlative
Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
- 10superlative
Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
- 11noun
Freedom from restraint.
- 12noun
A letting go; discharge.
- 13adjective
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
- 14adjective
To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
- 15adjective
To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
- 16adjective
To solve; to interpret.
- 17intransitive verb
To set sail.
- 18verb
become loose or looser or less tight
"The noose loosened"
"the rope relaxed"
- 19verb
make loose or looser
"loosen the tension on a rope"
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- 20verb
turn loose or free from restraint
"let loose mines"
"Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
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- 21verb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
- 22adjective
not affixed
"the stamp came loose"
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- 23adjective
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
"her easy virtue"
"he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"
- 24adjective
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
"loose gravel"
- 25adjective
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
"a loose ball"
- 26adjective
emptying easily or excessively
"loose bowels"
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- 27adjective
not literal
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"
"a free translation of the poem"
- 28adjective
having escaped, especially from confinement
"a convict still at large"
"searching for two escaped prisoners"
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- 29adjective
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
"loose clothing"
"the large shoes were very loose"
- 30adjective
not officially recognized or controlled
"an informal agreement"
"a loose organization of the local farmers"
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- 31adjective
not carefully arranged in a package
"a box of loose nails"
- 32adjective
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
"idle talk"
"a loose tongue"
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- 33adjective
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps
"an open texture"
"a loose weave"
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- 34adjective
not tense or taut
"the old man's skin hung loose and grey"
"slack and wrinkled skin"
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- 35adverb
without restraint
"cows in India are running loose"
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