Loose vs. Loosen
Looseverb
(transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
Looseverb
(transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
Looseverb
(transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
Looseverb
(intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
Looseverb
(archery) to shoot (an arrow)
Looseverb
(obsolete) To set sail.
Looseverb
(obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
Looseadjective
Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
Looseadjective
Not held or packaged together.
Looseadjective
Not under control.
Looseadjective
Not fitting closely
Looseadjective
Not compact.
Looseadjective
Relaxed.
Looseadjective
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
Looseadjective
Indiscreet.
Looseadjective
(dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
Looseadjective
Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
Looseadjective
(dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
Loosenoun
(archery) The release of an arrow.
Loosenoun
(obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
Loosenoun
(rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
Loosenoun
Freedom from restraint.
Loosenoun
A letting go; discharge.
Looseinterjection
(archery) begin shooting; release your arrows
Looseadjective
Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
Looseadjective
Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; - with from or of.
Looseadjective
Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
Looseadjective
Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
Looseadjective
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
Looseadjective
Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
Looseadjective
Unconnected; rambling.
Looseadjective
Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
Looseadjective
Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
Looseadjective
Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
Loosenoun
Freedom from restraint.
Loosenoun
A letting go; discharge.
Loose
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Loose
To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
Loose
To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
Loose
To solve; to interpret.
Looseverb
To set sail.
Looseverb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
Looseverb
turn loose or free from restraint;
Looseverb
make loose or looser;
Looseverb
become loose or looser or less tight;
Looseadjective
not restrained or confined or attached;
Looseadjective
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement;
Looseadjective
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player;
Looseadjective
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting;
Looseadjective
not officially recognized or controlled;
Looseadjective
not literal;
Looseadjective
emptying easily or excessively;
Looseadjective
not affixed;
Looseadjective
not tense or taut;
Looseadjective
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps;
Looseadjective
not fixed firmly or tightly;
Looseadjective
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;
Looseadjective
not carefully arranged in a package;
Looseadjective
freely producing mucus;
Looseadjective
having escaped, especially from confinement;
Looseadjective
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;
Looseadjective
not bound or fastened or gathered together;
Looseadverb
without restraint;
Looseadjective
not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached
Looseadjective
not held or tied together or contained within something
Looseadjective
(of a person or animal) not tied up or shut in
Looseadjective
(of faeces) containing excessive liquid
Looseadjective
(of the ball or puck in a game) in play but not in any player's possession.
Looseadjective
(of a garment) not fitting tightly or closely
Looseadjective
not close, compact, or solid in structure or formation
Looseadjective
not rigidly organized
Looseadjective
relaxed; physically slack
Looseadjective
(of play, especially in rugby) with the players not close together.
Looseadjective
not strict or exact
Looseadjective
careless and indiscreet in what is said
Looseadjective
(of play in cricket) inaccurate or careless
Looseadjective
engaging in casual sexual encounters or relationships
Loosenoun
loose play
Looseverb
set free; release
Looseverb
make (something) loose; untie or undo
Looseverb
relax (one's grip)
Looseverb
fire (a bullet, arrow, etc.)
Loosenverb
(transitive) To make loose.
Loosenverb
(intransitive) To become loose.
Loosenverb
(transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
Loosenverb
(intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
Loosenverb
(transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
Loosenverb
(transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
Loosenverb
To create a breach or rift between (two parties).
Loosenverb
To sail away (from the shore).
Loosenverb
To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
Loosenverb
To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
Loosenverb
To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
Loosenverb
To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.
Loosenverb
make loose or looser;
Loosenverb
make less severe or strict;
Loosenverb
become less severe or strict;
Loosenverb
disentangle and raise the fibers of;
Loosenverb
cause to become loose;
Loosenverb
make less dense;
Loosenverb
become loose or looser or less tight;
