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Definition loose in American English

loose adjective

adjective
/lus/
1

not firmly fixed in position

Example

loose floorboards

Example

a loose tooth

Example

One of the screws had worked loose.

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loose slack free-floating
1.1

if your hair is loose, it is not tied in position

Example

Her hair was loose and hung on her shoulders.

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bad hair day bald balding
1.2

not forming a firm mass

Example

loose soil/stones

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loose slack free-floating
1.3

if a person or animal is loose, they can move around easily because they are not tied to anything, not held by anyone, or not kept inside something

Example

A large dog was loose in the yard.

Example

The woman managed to break loose from her attacker and run for help.

Example

The kidnappers had set him loose on a dark country lane.

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free independent self-sufficient
2

not kept together as part of a group or in a container

Example

Loose oranges are 59 cents each.

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loose slack free-floating
3

loose clothes are large and do not fit your body tightly

Example

a loose cotton shirt

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A-line backless baggy
3.1

if something such as a rope or knot is loose, it is not pulled tight

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loose slack free-floating
3.2

not tightly woven or knitted

4

not exactly accurate in every detail

Example

This is a loose translation of the letter.

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101 blow-by-blow broad incorrect inexact wrong
Example

a system in which political parties form a loose alliance

Example

We've got a loose arrangement for looking after each other's children.

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random arbitrary spontaneous
6

if the solid waste from your body is loose, it has too much liquid in it

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be caught short bedwetting bowel movement
7

a loose ball is not being controlled by any of the players in a game

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ball baseball basketball
8

careless about what you say or who you say it to

Example

You've been warned about loose talk before.

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careless casual complacency
Example

loose morals

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easy loose philandering
Definition loose in American English

Related Words

Words related to loose:

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