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Dictionary definition for: Loose
1. (r) without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
2. (v) grant freedom to; free from confinement
3. (s) not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills" "knocked the ball loose" "got loose from his attacker"
4. (v) turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines" "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
5. (a) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
6. (v) make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
7. (s) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
8. (a) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing" "the large shoes were very loose"
9. (v) become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened" "the rope relaxed"
10. (s) not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement" "a loose organization of the local farmers"
11. (s) not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told" "a free translation of the poem"
12. (s) emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
13. (a) not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
14. (s) not tense or taut; "the old man''s skin hung loose and gray" "slack and wrinkled skin" "slack sails" "a slack rope"
15. (s) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture" "a loose weave"
16. (s) not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time" "a loose chair leg" "loose bricks"
17. (s) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk" "a loose tongue"
18. (s) not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
19. (s) freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"
20. (s) having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large" "searching for two escaped prisoners" "dogs loose on the streets" "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
21. (s) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue" "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women" "wanton behavior"
22. (s) not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages" "loose papers"
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