Definition of Loose

Verb

• become loose or looser or less tight
  "The noose loosened"
  "the rope relaxed"
  loosen relax
• make loose or looser
  "loosen the tension on a rope"
  loosen
• turn loose or free from restraint
  "let loose mines"
  "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
  unleash - let loose
• grant freedom to
  free from confinement
  free liberate release unloose unloosen

Adjective

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  "her easy virtue"
  "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"
  "wanton behavior"
  easy light promiscuous sluttish wanton
• 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"
  - at large escaped - on the loose
• not carefully arranged in a package
  "a box of loose nails"
  
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
  "idle talk"
  "a loose tongue"
  idle
• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
  "an open texture"
  "a loose weave"
  open
• not tense or taut
  "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"
  "slack and wrinkled skin"
  "slack sails"
  "a slack rope"
  slack
• not affixed
  "the stamp came loose"
  - unaffixed
• emptying easily or excessively
  "loose bowels"
  lax
• not literal
  "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"
  "a free translation of the poem"
  free liberal
• not officially recognized or controlled
  "an informal agreement"
  "a loose organization of the local farmers"
  informal
• not tight
  not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  "loose clothing"
  "the large shoes were very loose"
  
• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
  "a loose ball"
  
• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
  "loose gravel"
  

Adverb

• without restraint
  "cows in India are running loose"
  free

Word games points for the Loose

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Unscramble loose

29 unscramble word found using the letters loose.

el, els, es, les, lo, loo, loos, loose, los, lose, oe, oes, ole, oleo, oleos, oles, oo, oos, oose, os, ose, sel, sloe, so, sol, sole, solo, sool, soole,