• become Loose or Looser or less tight; "The noose Loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
• make Loose or Looser; "Loosen the tension on a rope"
• turn Loose or free from restraint; "let Loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
• grant freedom to; free from confinement
• not affixed; "the stamp came Loose"
• not bound or fastened or gathered together; "Loose pages"; "Loose papers"
• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid Loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "Loose gravel"
• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a Loose ball"
• emptying easily or excessively; "Loose bowels"
• not literal; "a Loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
• 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"
• not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of Loose bills"; "knocked the ball Loose"; "got Loose from his attacker"
• freely producing mucus; "a Loose phlegmy cough"
• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "Loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very Loose"
• not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a Loose organization of the local farmers"
• not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of Loose nails"
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a Loose tongue"
• not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became Loose over time"; "a Loose chair leg"; "Loose bricks"
• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a Loose weave"
• not tense or taut; "the old man''s skin hung Loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
• without restraint; "cows in India are running Loose"

'Loose' in other languages