loose
Part of speech: verb
adj
noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: archery
ball-games
games
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
motor-racing
politics
racing
rugby
sports
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Old Norse laussbor.
Middle English loos
English loose
From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.
Inflected forms:
form: looses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: loosing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: loosed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: loosed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: looser
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: loosest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: looses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To let loose, to free from restraints.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
And it was Thora, the little Dwarf's wife,
The five rune-books she took out;
So she loosed him fully out of the runes,
Her daughter had bound him about.
"Ay, and one was nigh to being slain by the hot-pot to be eaten of those brutes, thy children, and had not the others fought gallantly they too had been slain, and not even I could have called back the life which had been loosed from the body."
gloss: To unfasten, to loosen.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To make less tight, to loosen.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Of a grip or hold, to let go.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To shoot (an arrow).
pos: verb
gloss: To set sail.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
gloss: To solve; to interpret.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: he had red her riddle, which no wight
Could ever loose
gloss: Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
pos: adj
examples: This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
gloss: Not held or packaged together.
pos: adj
examples: You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
gloss: Not under control.
pos: adj
examples: The dog is loose again.
The very idea of a machine set loose to slaughter is chilling.
Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts?
gloss: Not fitting closely.
pos: adj
examples: I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
gloss: Not compact.
pos: adj
examples: It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
a cloth of loose texture
with horse and chariots ranked in loose array
gloss: Relaxed.
pos: adj
examples: She danced with a loose flowing movement.
gloss: Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
pos: adj
examples: a loose way of reasoning
The comparison employed […] must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.
gloss: Indiscreet.
pos: adj
examples: Loose talk costs lives.
gloss: Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
pos: adj
tags: dated
examples: In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight
the loose morality which he had learned
gloss: Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
Tomas Rosicky released the left-back with a fine pass but his low cross was cut out by Ivan Marcano. However the Brazilian was able to collect the loose ball, cut inside and roll a right-footed effort past Franco Costanzo at his near post.
gloss: Not costive; having lax bowels.
pos: adj
tags: dated
examples: People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies
gloss: Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
pos: adj
gloss: Having oversteer.
pos: adj
tags: US
slang
gloss: The release of an arrow.
pos: noun
examples: In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger.
gloss: A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions.
gloss: All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
pos: noun
examples: The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose.
gloss: Freedom from restraint.
pos: noun
examples: Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]
gloss: A letting go; discharge.
pos: noun
gloss: begin shooting; release your arrows
pos: intj
Synonyms: fire
shoot
unsecured
spaced out
relaxed
slutty
tarty
whorish
loose
unstapled
Antonyms: bind
constrain
fasten
tie
tighten
fast
firm
tight
packaged
bound
leashed
tethered
tied
tied up
close-fitting
snug
compact
tense
tensed
discreet
faithful
monogamous
Related words: rickety
separate
Derived words: loose off
loose up
give a loose
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: неопакован
roman: neopakovan
lang: Dutch
word: los
lang: Finnish
word: irtonainen
lang: Finnish
word: irto-
lang: French
word: à la pièce
lang: German
word: lose
lang: Greek
word: χύμα
roman: chýma
lang: Hindi
word: खुला
roman: khulā
lang: Hungarian
word: kimérve/súlyra kapható
lang: Hungarian
word: lédig
lang: Hungarian
word: csomagolatlan
lang: Hungarian
word: ömlesztett
lang: Italian
word: sciolto
lang: Italian
word: sfuso
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: løs
lang: Polish
word: luzem
lang: Portuguese
word: desembalado
lang: Russian
word: неупако́ванный
roman: neupakóvannyj
lang: Spanish
word: suelto