LOOSE

• (verb) become loose or looser or less tight

  "The noose loosened", "the rope relaxed"

  synonyms : loosen , relax

• (verb) make loose or looser

  "loosen the tension on a rope"

  synonyms : loosen

• (verb) turn loose or free from restraint

  "let loose mines", "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"

  synonyms : let loose , unleash

• (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement

  synonyms : free , liberate , release , unloose , unloosen

• (adj.) not affixed

  "the stamp came loose"

  synonyms : unaffixed

• (adj.) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

  "loose gravel"

• (adj.) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

  "loose clothing", "the large shoes were very loose"

• (adverb) without restraint

  "cows in India are running loose"

  synonyms : free

• (adj.) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

  "her easy virtue", "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women", "wanton behavior"

  synonyms : easy , light , promiscuous , sluttish , wanton

  His promiscuous behavior was the chief reason behind his divorce. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

  "a loose ball"

• (adj.) emptying easily or excessively

  "loose bowels"

  synonyms : lax

• (adj.) not literal

  "a loose interpretation of what she had been told", "a free translation of the poem"

  synonyms : free , liberal

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : at large , escaped , on the loose

• (adj.) not officially recognized or controlled

  "an informal agreement", "a loose organization of the local farmers"

  synonyms : informal

• (adj.) not carefully arranged in a package

  "a box of loose nails"

• (adj.) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

  "idle talk", "a loose tongue"

  synonyms : idle

• (adj.) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

  "an open texture", "a loose weave"

  synonyms : open

• (adj.) not tense or taut

  "the old man's skin hung loose and grey", "slack and wrinkled skin", "slack sails", "a slack rope"

  synonyms : slack

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