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loose


Definition: Meaning of, loose in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / luːs /

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loose looser loosest
  1. not firmly attached not firmly fastened in place
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  2. not attached not attached to anything else
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  3. not tied tightly not tied or fastened very tightly
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  4. hair if your hair is loose, it hangs freely rather than being tied back
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  5. clothes loose clothes are big and do not fit your body tightly [=  loosefitting, baggy]
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  6. free free from being controlled or held in a cage, prison, or institution
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  7. not exact [usually before noun] not exact or thoroughly done
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  8. not very controlled not strictly controlled or organized
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  9. not solid not pressed tightly together in a solid mass
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  10. sport not under the control of either team in a game of football, RUGBY etc
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  11. cut loose to free yourself from someone or something, or their influence
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  12. cut loose American English informal to start enjoying yourself in a happy noisy way after a period of controlled behaviour
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  13. let (something ↔) loose to speak or behave in an uncontrolled way
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  14. let somebody loose on something to allow someone to deal with something in the way they want to, when you think they will make mistakes or do something wrong
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  15. be at a loose end American English to have nothing to do
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  16. loose ends parts of something that have not been completed or correctly done
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  17. loose change coins that you have in your bag or pocket
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  18. loose cannon someone who cannot be trusted because they say or do things you do not want them to
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  19. hang/stay loose American English spoken used to tell someone to stay calm, or not to worry about something
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  20. body waste having a problem in which the waste from your BOWEL s has too much liquid in it
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  21. immoral old-fashioned behaving in a way that is considered to be sexually immoral
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  22. talk old-fashioned not careful about what you say or who is listening
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
loose loosed loosed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
loosing looses
[transitive] [literary]
  1. to make something unpleasant begin
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  2. to make something loose or to untie someone or something, especially an animal
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  3. to fire an ARROW, a bullet from a gun etc
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  1. be on the loose if a criminal or dangerous animal is on the loose, they have escaped from prison or from their cage
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loose used in phrases

  • break loose (verb)
    1. be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
    2. run away from confinement
  • have a screw loose
    1. informal be somewhat insane or irrational
  • let loose (verb)
    1. not necessarily words express audibly; make sounds
    2. turn loose or free from restraint
  • loose cannon (noun)
    1. a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
  • loose end (noun)
    1. work that is left incomplete
  • loose off (verb)
    1. fire as from a gun
  • loose sentence (noun)
    1. a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
  • loose smut (noun)
    1. disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores
    2. a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores
  • loose woman (noun)
    1. a promiscuous or disreputable woman
  • loose-fitting (adjective)
    1. loose-fitting clothes are big and do not fit your body closely, so that they are comfortable [=  baggy]
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loose used in phrasal verbs

  • loose on (phrasal verb)
    1. loose something on/upon someone/something to suddenly let something bad or unpleasant have its full effect on someone or something in an uncontrolled way
  • loosen up (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] to exercise your muscles before doing physical activity
    2. [intransitive] informal to relax, or to become less serious
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