What is the meaning of the word "loose"?
Definitions:
-
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
adjective
- a loose ball
- a loose ball
-
become loose or looser or less tight
verb
- The noose loosened
- The noose loosened
-
emptying easily or excessively
adjective
- loose bowels
- loose bowels
-
full of small openings or gaps
adjective
- The sweater was made of a fabric with a very loose weave.
- The sweater was made of a fabric with a very loose weave.
-
make loose or looser
verb
- loosen the tension on a rope
- loosen the tension on a rope
-
not affixed
adjective
- the stamp came loose
- the stamp came loose
-
not carefully arranged in a package
adjective
- a box of loose nails
- a box of loose nails
-
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
adjective
- loose gravel
- loose gravel
-
not literal
adjective
- They gave us a loose interpretation of what they had been told.
- They gave us a loose interpretation of what they had been told.
-
not tense or taut
adjective
- the old man's skin hung loose and grey
- the old man's skin hung loose and grey
-
turn loose or free from restraint
verb
- let loose mines
- let loose mines
-
without restraint
adverb
- cows in India are running loose
- cows in India are running loose
Synonyms:
- at large
- easy
- escaped
- free
- idle
- informal
- lax
- let loose
- liberal
- loosen
- on the loose
- open
- relax
- release
- slack
- unaffixed
- unleash