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Look up: Loose

  1. loose
    [adj] - not tense or taut 2. [adj] - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps 3. [adj] - not fixed firmly or tightly 4. [adj] - not carefully arranged in a package 5. [adj] - not tight 6. [adj] - freely producing mucus 7. [adj] - not restrained or confined or attached 8. [adj] - (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player 9. [adj] - not compact or dense in structure or arrangement 10. [adj] - not bound or fastened or gathered together 11. [adv] - without restraint
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Loose
    To let go of the bowstring at full draw, ideally by relaxation of the fingers holding the bow string.
    Found on http://www.oldbasingarchers.co.uk/glossa

  3. Loose
    See oversteer
    Found on http://www.f1nutter.co.uk/tech/glossary.

  4. Loose
    Loose (lōs) adjective [ Compar. Looser ; superl. Loosest .] [ Middle English loos , lous , laus , Icelandic lauss ; akin to OD. loos , D. los, Anglo-Saxon leás false, deceitful, German los , loose, Dan. & Swedish lös , Goth. laus , and English lose . &rad ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/61

  5. Loose
    Loose noun 1. Freedom from restraint. [ Obsolete] Prior. 2. A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson. To give a loose , to give freedom. « Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.» Addison.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/61

  6. Loose
    Loose (lōs) v. noun [ imperfect & past participle Loosed (lōst); present participle & verbal noun Loosing .] [ From Loose , adjective ] 1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. « Canst thou . . . ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/61

  7. Loose
    Loose intransitive verb To set sail. [ Obsolete] Acts xiii. 13.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/61

  8. loose
    1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. 'Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.' (Shak) ... 2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; with from or of. 'Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?' (Addison) ... 3. Not tight or close; ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. loose
    open adjective (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; `an open texture`; `a loose weave`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. loose
    slack adjective not tense or taut; `the old man`s skin hung loose and grey`; `slack and wrinkled skin`; `slack sails`; `a slack rope`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. loose
    adjective freely producing mucus; `a loose phlegmy cough`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. loose
    adjective not carefully arranged in a package; `a box of loose nails`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. loose
    adjective not bound or fastened or gathered together; `loose pages`; `loose papers`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. loose
    adjective (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; `a loose ball`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. loose
    adjective not fixed firmly or tightly; `the bolts became loose over time`; `a loose chair leg`; `loose bricks`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. loose
    free adverb without restraint; `cows in India are running loose`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. Loose
    `Loose` may refer to: ;in music *Loose (album), a 2006 album by Nelly Furtado *Loose (B'z album), a 1995 album by B'z *Loose (Stooges song), a 1970 song by the Stooges *Loose (song), a 1996 Therapy? single *Loose (Moonlight Cruisers song), a single by the band, Moonlight Cruisers. ;places *Loose, Germany *Loose, Kent, a parish and village in southeast England
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose

  18. Loose
    • (superl.) Unconnected; rambling. • (n.) A letting go; discharge. • (superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. • (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. • (a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. • (v. i.) To set sail. • (n.) Freedom from restraint. &b...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. loose
    To release
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/geturl3.php

  20. loose
    A player who calls bets with weak hands or when he doesn't have the odds to justify it. The opposite of tight.
    Found on http://www.cardschat.com/poker/guide/glo


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