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Meaning Of Loose

  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. a.
    To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
  14. a.
    To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
  15. a.
    To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
  16. a.
    To solve; to interpret.
  17. v. i.
    To set sail.



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