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means(verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement
free, unloosen, liberate, release, unloose, loose
means(verb) turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
unleash, loose, let loose
means(verb) make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
loosen, loose
means(verb) become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
loose, relax, loosen
means(adjective) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
loose
means(adjective) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
loose
means(adjective) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
loose
means(adjective) not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
loose, informal
means(adjective) not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
liberal, free, loose
means(adjective) emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
lax, loose
means(adjective) not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
unaffixed, loose
means(adjective) not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
slack, loose
means(adjective) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"
loose, open
means(adjective) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
loose, idle
means(adjective) not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
loose
means(adjective) 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"
escaped, at large, on the loose, loose
means(adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
light, sluttish, wanton, loose, promiscuous, easy
means(adverb) without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
free, loose

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