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