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Sounds | luw's |
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Rhymes | abstruse, abuse, Bruce, and 35 more rhymes in uws at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Not restrained or confined or attached. |
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Examples | "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker" |
Similar to | free |
Adverbs | loosely; loose |
Meaning | Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement. |
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Examples | "loose gravel" |
Similar | friable, light, sandy; shifting, unfirm; silty; unconsolidated |
Contrary | compact |
Meaning | (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player. |
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Examples | "a loose ball" |
Category | sport, athletics |
Similar to | uncontrolled |
Meaning | Not tight. Not closely constrained or constricted or constricting. |
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Examples | "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" |
Similar | baggy, loose-fitting; flyaway |
See also | lax |
Contrary | tight |
Meaning | Not officially recognized or controlled. |
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Examples | "a loose organization of the local farmers" |
Synonyms | informal |
Similar to | unofficial |
Meaning | Not literal. |
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Examples | "a loose interpretation of what she had been told" |
Synonyms | free, liberal |
Similar to | inexact |
Meaning | Emptying easily or excessively. |
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Examples | "loose bowels" |
Synonyms | lax |
Similar to | unconstipated, regular |
Meaning | Not affixed. |
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Examples | "the stamp came loose" |
Synonyms | unaffixed |
Contrary | affixed |
Meaning | Not tense or taut. |
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Examples | "the old man's skin hung loose and gray" |
Synonyms | slack |
Similar to | lax |
Adverbs | loosely |
Meaning | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps. |
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Examples | "a loose weave" |
Synonyms | open |
Similar to | coarse |
Adverbs | loosely |
Meaning | Not fixed firmly or tightly. |
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Examples | "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks" |
Similar to | insecure |
Meaning | Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility. |
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Examples | "a loose tongue" |
Synonyms | idle |
Similar to | irresponsible |
Meaning | Not carefully arranged in a package. |
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Examples | "a box of loose nails" |
Similar to | unpackaged |
Meaning | Freely producing mucus. |
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Examples | "a loose phlegmy cough" |
Similar to | phlegmy |
Meaning | Having escaped, especially from confinement. |
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Examples | "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
Synonyms | at large, at liberty, escaped, on the loose |
Similar to | free |
Meaning | Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. |
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Examples | "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women" |
Synonyms | easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
Similar to | unchaste |
Meaning | Not bound or fastened or gathered together. |
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Examples | "loose pages"; "loose papers" |
Similar to | unbound |
Meaning | Without restraint. |
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Examples | "cows in India are running loose" |
Synonyms | free |
Adjectives | loose |
Meaning | Grant freedom to. Free from confinement. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Model | They want to loose the prisoners |
Synonyms | free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen |
Narrower | unspell; unchain; bail; run; bail out; parole |
Contrary | confine, detain |
Meaning | Turn loose or free from restraint. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
Synonyms | unleash, let loose |
Broader | let go of, let go, release, relinquish |
Meaning | Make loose or looser. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "loosen the tension on a rope" |
Synonyms | loosen |
Cause to | loosen, relax, loose |
Entailed by | pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy |
Narrower | relax, unbend; slacken, remit; slack; unscrew; unscrew |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Contrary | stiffen |
Meaning | Become loose or looser or less tight. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Examples | "The noose loosened" |
Synonyms | loosen, relax |
Caused by | loosen, loose |
Broader | weaken |
Contrary | stiffen |