loose

v. free, let go, release; make loose; untie, unfasten; shoot (arrow, gun, etc.)

adv. in a loose manner

adj. free; released; untied; disconnected; slack; weak; not tight; unrestrained; wanton; careless; imprecise; not defined

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Verb
1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
(synonym) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen
(hyponym) unspell
2. turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
(synonym) unleash, let loose
(hypernym) let go of, let go, release, relinquish
3. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
(synonym) loosen
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) relax, unbend
(cause) loosen, relax
4. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
(synonym) loosen, relax
(hypernym) weaken

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Adjective
1. not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker"
(similar) free
2. not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
(antonym) compact
(similar) friable, light, sandy
3. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
(similar) uncontrolled
(classification) sport, athletics
4. not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
(antonym) tight
(similar) baggy, loose-fitting
(see-also) lax
5. not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
(synonym) informal
(similar) unofficial
6. not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
(synonym) free, liberal
(similar) inexact
7. emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
(synonym) lax
(similar) unconstipated, regular
8. not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
(synonym) unaffixed
9. not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
(synonym) slack
(similar) lax
10. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"
(synonym) open
(similar) coarse
11. not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks"
(similar) insecure
12. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
(synonym) idle
(similar) irresponsible
13. not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
(similar) unpackaged
14. freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"
(similar) phlegmy
15. 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) at large(p), at liberty(p), escaped, on the loose(p)
(similar) free
16. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
(synonym) easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
(similar) unchaste
17. not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers"
(similar) unbound

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Adverb
1. without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
(synonym) free

příd.jm. volný; viklající se; uvolněný; nemít co na práci; se utrhl; odvážu ho; rozpuštěné

Przym. swobodny; nieuwiązany; rozpuszczony; luźny; obszerny; nieprecyzyjny