Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: let_loose, loose, loosen, on_the_loose, unloose, unloosen

'loose'

[free.v.01] as in: grant freedom to; free from confinement

'loose'

[unleash.v.03] as in: turn loose or free from restraint

Examples:
let loose mines
Loose terrible plagues upon humanity

'loose'

[loosen.v.01] as in: make loose or looser

Examples:
loosen the tension on a rope

'loose'

[loosen.v.07] as in: become loose or looser or less tight

Examples:
The noose loosened
the rope relaxed

'loose'

[loose.a.01] as in: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

Examples:
loose gravel

'loose'

[loose.s.01] as in: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

Examples:
a loose ball

'loose'

[loose.a.03] as in: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

Examples:
loose clothing
the large shoes were very loose

'loose'

[informal.s.01] as in: not officially recognized or controlled

Examples:
an informal agreement
a loose organization of the local farmers

'loose'

[free.s.06] as in: not literal

Examples:
a loose interpretation of what she had been told
a free translation of the poem

'loose'

[lax.s.02] as in: emptying easily or excessively

Examples:
loose bowels

'loose'

[unaffixed.a.01] as in: not affixed

Examples:
the stamp came loose

'loose'

[loose.s.05] as in: not tense or taut

Examples:
the old man's skin hung loose and grey
slack and wrinkled skin
slack sails
a slack rope

'loose'

[loose.s.06] as in: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

Examples:
an open texture
a loose weave

'loose'

[idle.s.04] as in: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

Examples:
idle talk
a loose tongue

'loose'

[loose.s.08] as in: not carefully arranged in a package

Examples:
a box of loose nails

'loose'

[at_large.s.01] as in: having escaped, especially from confinement

Examples:
a convict still at large
searching for two escaped prisoners
dogs loose on the streets
criminals on the loose in the neighborhood

'loose'

[easy.s.08] as in: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

Examples:
her easy virtue
he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
wanton behavior

'loose'

[loose.r.01] as in: without restraint

Examples:
cows in India are running loose

Origins

					loose (English)
└── lauss (Old Norse)