Meaning of loose in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The release of an arrow.

• A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.

• All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).

• Freedom from restraint.

• A letting go; discharge.

verb

• To let loose, to free from restraints.

• To unfasten, to loosen.

• To make less tight, to loosen.

• Of a grip or hold, to let go.

• To shoot (an arrow)

• To set sail.

• To solve; to interpret.

adjective

• Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

  Example: This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.

• Not held or packaged together.

  Example: 'You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.

• Not under control.

  Example: The dog is loose again.

• Not fitting closely

  Example: 'I wear loose clothes when it is hot.

• Not compact.

  Example: 'It is difficult walking on loose gravel.

• Relaxed.

  Example: She danced with a loose flowing movement.

• Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.

  Example: a loose way of reasoning

• Indiscreet.

  Example: Loose talk costs lives.

• (somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.

• Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.

  Example: He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.

• Not costive; having lax bowels.

interjection

• Begin shooting; release your arrows