Word Meaning

loose definition and meaning

superl. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
superl. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
superl. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
superl. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
superl. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
superl. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
superl. Unconnected; rambling.
superl. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
superl. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
superl. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
n. Freedom from restraint.
n. A letting go; discharge.
a. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
a. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
a. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
a. To solve; to interpret.
v. i. To set sail.

Crossword clues for loose

- At large and unattached
- At large, on the ...
- At liberty like leaf or change
- At liberty to be relaxed
- At liberty to be sloppy
- Baggy
- Baggy like cannon on deck
- Dissolute
- Fire, ... off shot
- Free from bonds
- Free from fetters
- In need of tightening
- Inexact
- Kind of change that’s not fixed
- Look, oyster oddly unfastened
- Not tight
- Of doubtful integrity
- Relaxed
- Slack
- Unattached
- Unfastened
- Unpackaged
- Unpredictable person, .... cannon
- Unrestrained
- Unrestrained kind of change
- Unsecured
- Untethered
- Vague
- Vague (definition)
- Vague free
- Wobbly (tooth)