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loose en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /lʉːs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• lo͞os
• /lus/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /luːs/ (Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• /lʉws/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /lʉs/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)

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.

Meanings

1. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
   • This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
2. Not held or packaged together.
   • You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
3. Not under control.
   • The very idea of a machine set loose to slaughter is chilling. 2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian:
   • Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts? 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 59:
   • The dog is loose again.
4. Not fitting closely.
   • I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
5. Not compact.
   • It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
   • with horse and chariots ranked in loose array 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • a cloth of loose texture
6. Relaxed.
   • She danced with a loose flowing movement.
7. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
   • a loose way of reasoning
   • The comparison employed […] must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. 1858, William Whewell, The history of scientific ideas:
8. Indiscreet.
   • Loose talk costs lives.
9. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
   • the loose morality which he had learned 1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:
   • 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. 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I:
   • to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 5:
10. (not-comparable) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
    • 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. 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
    • He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
    • The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
11. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels, diarrheic.
    • People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies 1693, [John Locke], “(please specify the section number)”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
12. (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
13. (US, of a stock car, slang) Having oversteer.

Forms

Antonyms

tied (antonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”) · firm · firm (antonym(s) of) · monogamous (antonym(s) of “promiscuous”) · packaged (antonym(s) of “not held or packaged together”) · discreet (antonym(s) of “indiscreet”) · tense (antonym(s) of “relaxed”) · bound (antonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”) · tight · compact (antonym(s) of) · snug · close-fitting (antonym(s) of) · leashed (antonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”) · tensed (antonym(s) of “relaxed”) · faithful (antonym(s) of “promiscuous”) · tethered (antonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”) · tied up (antonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”)

Coordinates

solid · stacked

Deriveds

loose constructionism (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · looseness (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loosen (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · all hell breaks loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose coupling (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-lipped (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · cut someone loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · semiloose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · sit loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · have a screw loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · have a loose screw (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · false loose smut (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · hang-loose sign (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · screw loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-eyed (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · cut one loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose end (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loosey (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose as a goose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose ablative (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-handed (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · kick loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · looseleaf (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · hang loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loosefill (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · a kangaroo loose in the top paddock (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · let one loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-handedly (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · play fast and loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-coupled (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · tie up loose ends (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · turn loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-knit (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose motion (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · set loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · cast loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · outloose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose smut (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-toothed (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loosely (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose eyed (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loosejaw (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose connection (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · fast and loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-handedness (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose woman (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose construction (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · on a loose end (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-leaf (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · unloosable (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · a roo loose in the top paddock (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · ultraloose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · at a loose end (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loosish (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose up (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-fitting (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-meat sandwich (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · all bedlam breaks loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose change (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · let loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose fish (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · let someone loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose anagen syndrome (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · stay loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose lips sink ships (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-tongued (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · unloose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose edge (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose cannon (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose socks (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose constructionist (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose anagen hair syndrome (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · cut loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · talk fast and loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · on the loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loosehead (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · at loose ends (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · a few roos loose in the top paddock (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose box (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · break loose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose eye (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · overloose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose scrum (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · footloose (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose tongue (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose-box (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose ends (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose lip (Terms derived from the adjective loose) · loose head (Terms derived from the adjective loose)

Descendants

லூசு

Hypernyms

portable

Hyponyms

shattery · sandish · overloose · ultraloose

Relateds

rickety · separate

Synonyms

tarty · indiscreet (indiscreet) · unstapled · whorish · untethered (not bound or tethered or leashed) · slutty · baggy (not fitting closely) · relaxed · separate (not held or packaged together) · spaced out · unsecured · loose · free (not bound or tethered or leashed) · unfastened (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) · unpackaged (not held or packaged together) · diffuse (not compact) · loose-limbed (relaxed) · promiscuous (promiscuous)

Translations (202)

fi väljä (not fitting tightly) · vi rộng (not fixed tightly) · te సరిపోని (not compact) · es flojo (not fixed tightly) · mi hāngengangenga (not fixed tightly) · hi ढीला (not fitting tightly) · mi mahaki (not fitting tightly) · el ευρύχωρος (not fitting tightly) · fr lâche (not fixed tightly) · ru распу́щенный (promiscuous) · bcl mahiwas (not fixed tightly) · ar فَضْفَاض (not fixed tightly) · fa هرز (not fixed tightly) · mi takō (not fixed tightly) · fr lousse (not fitting tightly) · fr facile (promiscuous) · fi irti (not fixed tightly) · es zafado (not fixed tightly) · fr à la pièce (not packaged) · fi avara (not fitting tightly) · grc χαλαρός (not fitting tightly) · el ασύνετος (indiscreet) · de entspannt (relaxed) · ja 緩んだ (not fixed tightly) · es zafo (not fixed tightly) · fa سست (not compact) · el χαλαρός (not fixed tightly) · fi löysä (not fixed tightly) · hy արձակ (not fixed tightly) · it sfuso (not packaged) · mi ango (not fitting tightly) · fr mal fixé (not compact) · cs volný (not fixed tightly) · ru непривя́занный (not fixed tightly) · el χαλαρός (relaxed) · pl luźny (not fitting tightly) · cmn 鬆弛 /松弛 (not fixed tightly) · fa لق (not fixed tightly) · yue 鬆 /松 (not fixed tightly) · de zügellos (promiscuous) · la solūtus (not fixed tightly) · fi irtonainen (relaxed) · de lose (not packaged) · fi irto- (not packaged) · hi खुला (not packaged) · hu ömlesztett (not packaged) · oc flus (not fixed tightly) · pt solto (not fixed tightly) · cs volný (not fitting tightly) · ru распу́тный (promiscuous) · nl los (not fixed tightly) · de lose (indiscreet) · mi tatere (not fixed tightly) · az şalaq (not fitting tightly) · fi löyhä (indiscreet) · ca indiscret (indiscreet) · th หลวม (not fixed tightly) · ru неупако́ванный (not packaged) · mi hūngorungoru (not fixed tightly) · pt relaxado (relaxed) · ru несде́ржанный (indiscreet) · fi huolimaton (indiscreet) · ckb شل (not fixed tightly) · cs sypký (not compact) · hu lédig (not packaged) · pl luźny (not fixed tightly) · nl los (not compact) · gl solto (not compact) · fi irtonainen (not packaged) · ckb شل (not fitting tightly) · hu laza (not fixed tightly) · el απρόσεκτος (indiscreet) · nb løs (not fixed tightly) · mi tāwēwē (not fixed tightly) · eo loza (not fixed tightly) · fr ample (not fitting tightly) · fi irto- (not compact) · nb løs (not packaged) · mi kaupe (not fixed tightly) · bg незакрепен (not fixed tightly) · hu csomagolatlan (not packaged) · nb løs (not fitting tightly) · nl mul (not compact) · es suelto (not compact) · nn laus (not fitting tightly) · ru неутрамбо́ванный (not compact) · es aflojado (not fixed tightly) · bg разпуснат (promiscuous) · fi irtonainen (not compact) · ga scaoilte (not fixed tightly) · fi löyhätapainen (promiscuous) · ru ры́хлый (not compact) · tr gevşek (not fixed tightly) · pt frouxo (not fixed tightly) · fr débauché (promiscuous) · bg хлабав (not fitting tightly) · ru развя́занный (not fixed tightly) · hu kimérve/súlyra kapható (not packaged) · pt largo (not fitting tightly) · da løs (not fixed tightly) · de ausschweifend (promiscuous) · bg отпуснат (not fitting tightly) · gl frouxo (not fixed tightly) · nb løs (indiscreet) · es suelto (not fixed tightly) · gd sgaoilte (not compact) · nl ruim (not fitting tightly) · hi ढीला (not fixed tightly) · kix tǖkāngkāng (not fixed tightly) · te వత్తిడి లేకుండా (relaxed) · te గట్టిగా బిగించని (not fixed tightly) · de los (promiscuous) · mi tangatanga (not fixed tightly) · cmn 鬆動 /松动 (not fixed tightly) · ru свобо́дный (not fitting tightly) · el χύμα (not packaged) · mi tarau makere (promiscuous) · te గట్టిగా కట్టని (not fitting tightly) · cs uvolněný (relaxed) · ga scaoilteach (not fixed tightly) · bg незавързан (not fixed tightly) · ru просто́рный (not fitting tightly) · az gen (not fitting tightly) · sv lösaktig (promiscuous) · es golfo (promiscuous) · es ligero (promiscuous) · ko 헐렁하다 (not fixed tightly) · ca fluix (not compact) · fa شل (not fixed tightly) · nl los (not packaged) · ca relaxat (relaxed) · ca promiscu (promiscuous) · es suelto (not packaged) · it sciolto (not compact) · fi sulava (relaxed) · mi tītengi (not fixed tightly) · nl ontspannen (relaxed) · fi epäsiveellinen (promiscuous) · bg отпуснат (relaxed) · kmr fireh (not fitting tightly) · bg рохкав (not compact) · es suelto (not leashed) · uk вільний (not fitting tightly) · ru неосторо́жный (indiscreet) · fr meuble (not compact) · sv lös (not fixed tightly) · izh höblä (not fixed tightly) · gd sgaoilte (not fixed tightly) · pt desembalado (not packaged) · ru широ́кий (not fitting tightly) · th หลวม (not fitting tightly) · pdt looss (not fixed tightly) · pt indiscreto (indiscreet) · pt promíscuo (promiscuous) · es holgado (not fixed tightly) · izh höbliä (not fixed tightly) · ms longgar (not fixed tightly) · tr bol (not fitting tightly) · pl sypki (not compact) · ru рассла́бленный (relaxed) · izh höbliäin (not fixed tightly) · gl solto (not fixed tightly) · nb løs (relaxed) · ckb سووک (promiscuous) · ar واسِع (not fixed tightly) · ru распу́щенный (not fixed tightly) · mi tangatanga (not fitting tightly) · et lõtv (not fixed tightly) · pt solto (not compact) · it sciolto (not fixed tightly) · fr mal fixé (not fixed tightly) · nan-hbl 落落 (not fitting tightly) · de locker (not fixed tightly) · de lose (not fixed tightly) · fi rento (relaxed) · mr सैल (not fixed tightly) · nb løs (not compact) · ca fluix (not fixed tightly) · el ακόλαστος (promiscuous) · ga scaoilte (not compact) · el έκλυτος (promiscuous) · it slegato (not compact) · gd sgaoilte (not fitting tightly) · sv promiskuös (promiscuous) · ru неприкреплённый (not fixed tightly) · kix tǖlāilàih (not fixed tightly) · hy արձակված (not fixed tightly) · es desajustado (not fixed tightly) · it sciolto (not packaged) · pt frouxo (not fitting tightly) · fa گشاد (not fitting tightly) · kmr sist (not fixed tightly) · grc χαλαρός (not fixed tightly) · bg неопакован (not packaged) · fr pas serré (not fitting tightly) · pl luzem (not packaged) · la laxus (not fitting tightly) · km រលុង (not fixed tightly) · de indiskret (indiscreet) · ga scaoilteach (indiscreet) · ga scaoilte (not fitting tightly) · ota گوشك (not fixed tightly)

loose en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /lʉːs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• lo͞os
• /lus/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /luːs/ (Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• /lʉws/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /lʉs/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)

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.

Meanings

1. begin shooting; release your arrows

Antonyms

fast (antonym(s) of)

Relateds

lysis · forlorn · -lysis · lyo- · ly-

Translations (2)

bg огън (archery: begin shooting) · te కాల్చడం ఆరంభించుట (archery: begin shooting)

loose en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /lʉːs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• lo͞os
• /lus/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /luːs/ (Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• /lʉws/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /lʉs/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)

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.

Meanings

1. The release of an arrow.
   • In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger. 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter:
2. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
   • They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
3. All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
   • 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. 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:
4. Freedom from restraint.
   • 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 […] 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
   • Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 45:
5. A letting go; discharge.

Forms

Deriveds

give a loose

loose en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /lʉːs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• lo͞os
• /lus/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /luːs/ (Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
• /lʉws/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /lʉs/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
   • 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. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167:
   • Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 21:2:
   • "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." 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
3. (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
4. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
5. To shoot (an arrow).
6. (obsolete) To set sail.
   • Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:13:
7. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
   • he had red her riddle, which no wight Could ever loose 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

tie (antonym(s) of “unfasten”) · bind (antonym(s) of “let loose”) · bind (antonym(s) of “unfasten”) · fast (antonym(s) of “archery”) · tighten (antonym(s) of “of grip or hold”) · tighten (antonym(s) of “make less tight”) · constrain (antonym(s) of “let loose”) · fasten (antonym(s) of “unfasten”)

Deriveds

loose up · loose off

Synonyms

shoot · relax (make less tight) · release (of grip or hold) · loosen (make less tight) · slacken (make less tight) · release (let loose) · let go (of grip or hold) · unbind (unfasten) · undo (unfasten) · untie (unfasten) · unfasten (unfasten) · loosen (unfasten) · fire · free (let loose)

Translations (119)

gl soltar (to unfasten) · fa واگذاشتن (to let loose) · bg пускам (archery: to shoot) · fa رهانیدن (to unfasten) · ru освободи́ть (to let loose) · da løse (to let loose) · oc desligar (to let loose) · te వదులు చేయు (to make less tight) · bg разхлабвам (to make less tight) · mi whakamatara (to unfasten) · pt soltar (to let loose) · hi ढीला करना (to make less tight) · ru отвя́зывать (to let loose) · bg пускам (to let go) · gl ceibar (to let loose) · fi päästää (to let loose) · is fyrirgjöra (to let go) · fi vapauttaa (to let loose) · es liberar (to let loose) · ru освобожда́ть (to let loose) · gl soltar (to let loose) · hi खोलना (to unfasten) · pt atirar (archery: to shoot) · ru развя́зывать (to unfasten) · ca alliberar (to let go) · es desatar (to let loose) · ru расстёгивать (to unfasten) · ca deslligar (to let loose) · grc λύω (to let loose) · bg отпускам (to make less tight) · ca descordar (to unfasten) · fr défaire (to unfasten) · pl puszczać (to let go) · de lösen (to unfasten) · nl loslaten (to let loose) · bg отпусна (to make less tight) · sv lossa (to let loose) · ru развяза́ть (to unfasten) · mi whakatangatanga (to unfasten) · ru осла́бить (to make less tight) · bg пущам (archery: to shoot) · es soltar (to unfasten) · nl verlossen (to let loose) · fa واگذاشتن (to let go) · gl ceibar (to let go) · nl lossen (archery: to shoot) · es soltar (to let loose) · ru осла́бить (to unfasten) · es soltar (to let go) · grc λύω (to make less tight) · gl soltar (to let go) · ota صالمق (to let loose) · ga scaoil (to make less tight) · mi tūtangatanga (to make less tight) · ru ослабля́ть (to unfasten) · nl loslaten (to let go) · bg изпускам (archery: to shoot) · hi छोड़ना (to let go) · fi löysätä (to make less tight) · ru отпусти́ть (to let go) · fi höllätä (to make less tight) · ru отвяза́ть (to let loose) · da løsne (to make less tight) · mi tangatanga (to make less tight) · ga scaoil amach (to let loose) · ga scaoil (to let go) · gl desamarrar (to unfasten) · pl puścić (to let go) · ota صالمق (to let go) · fi irrottaa (to unfasten) · de lösen (to let loose) · is missa (to let go) · te నిదానింపజేయు (to unfasten) · ga scaoil (to unfasten) · pt libertar (to let loose) · fi päästää irti (to let go) · ca tirar (archery: to shoot) · grc λύω (to unfasten) · te త్యజించు (to let loose) · ota براقمق (to let go) · it disfare (to unfasten) · ota براقمق (to let loose) · pt desamarrar (to unfasten) · bg развързвам (to unfasten) · pt afrouxar (to make less tight) · da løse (to unfasten) · gl afrouxar (to make less tight) · pt soltar (to let go) · bg освобождавам (to let loose) · bg изпущам (archery: to shoot) · de lockern (to make less tight) · es desamarrar (to unfasten) · ca afluixar (to make less tight) · ru ослабля́ть (to make less tight) · is sleppa (to let go) · bg отпущам (to make less tight) · es aflojar (to make less tight) · bg пусна (archery: to shoot) · ru расстегну́ть (to unfasten) · fa شل بستن (to make less tight) · ga scaoil (to let loose) · pt liberar (to let loose) · ga scaoil (archery: to shoot) · mi maheno (to let loose) · fa درباختن (to let loose) · ro dezlega (to unfasten) · mi whakakaewa (to unfasten) · mi whakakorokoro (to unfasten) · bg изпусна (archery: to shoot) · ru отпуска́ть (to let go) · nl losmaken (to unfasten) · mi whakangoru (to unfasten) · fi irrottaa (to let loose) · te అనుమతించు (to let go) · fi laukaista (archery: to shoot) · es desabrochar (to unfasten) · hi ढीला करना (to let loose) · de loslassen (to let go) · fi ampua (archery: to shoot)

loose en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of lose.
   alt of lose
   • [W]e went to the Chetto de san Felice, to see the noblemen and their ladies at Basset, a game at cards which is much used, but they play not in public, and all that have inclination to it are in masquerade, without speaking one word, and so they come in, play, loose or gaine, and go away as they please. 1645 June, John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for June 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC, pages 191–192:
   • And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […] 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 107, column 1:
   • And ſince the Law would not ſuſtain Action for it, at the gainers inſtance againſt the Debitor who looſed it, much leſſe ſhould it ſuſtain a Diſpoſition for payment of it againſt the Creditors, and yet this may be ſaid to be an onerous cauſe; for the looſer hazarded as much of his own, againſt what he gained, and ſo this Game was but the return of his Money: […] 1675, George Mᶜkenzie of Rosehaugh, “Without just”, in Observations upon the 28. Act, 23. Parl. K. James VI. against Dispositions Made in Defraud of Creditors, &c., Edinburgh: […] His Majesties Printers, page 89:
2. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of lose.
   alt of lose
   • I'm going to loose this game.

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looser