become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed";
make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope";
turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity";
grant freedom to; free from confinement;
not affixed; "the stamp came loose";
not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers";
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior";
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel";
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball";
emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels";
not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem";
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";
not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker";
freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough";
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose";
not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers";
not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails";
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue";
not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks";
(of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave";
not tense or taut; "the old man''s skin hung loose and gray"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope";
without restraint; "cows in India are running loose";
