1. loose - verb
· grant freedom to; free from confinement
Synonym(s): free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen
2. loose - verb
· turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
Synonym(s): unleash, let_loose
Hypernym(s): let_go_of, let_go, release, relinquish
3. loose - verb
· make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
Synonym(s): loosen
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
Antonym(s): stiffen
4. loose - verb
· become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
Hypernym(s): weaken
Antonym(s): stiffen
5. loose - adjective
· not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
Antonym(s): compact
6. loose - adjective
· (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
7. loose - adjective
· not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
Antonym(s): tight
8. loose - adjective
· not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
Synonym(s): informal
9. loose - adjective
· not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
10. loose - adjective
· emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
Synonym(s): lax
11. loose - adjective
· not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
Synonym(s): unaffixed
12. loose - adjective
· not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"; "a slack grip"
Synonym(s): slack
13. loose - adjective
· (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"
Synonym(s): open
14. loose - adjective
· lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
Synonym(s): idle
15. loose - adjective
· not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
16. loose - 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"
Synonym(s): at_large, escaped, on_the_loose
17. loose - adjective
· casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
Synonym(s): easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
18. loose - adverb
· without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
Synonym(s): free
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