loose
The English word “loose” has 24 meanings listed here.
- To let loose, to free from restraints.
- To unfasten, to loosen.
- To make less tight, to loosen.
- Of a grip or hold, to let go.
- To shoot (an arrow).
- To set sail.
- To solve; to interpret.
- Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
- Not held or packaged together.
- Not under control.
- Not fitting closely.
- Not compact.
- Relaxed.
- Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
- Indiscreet.
- Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
- Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
- Not costive; having lax bowels.
- Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
- Having oversteer.
- The release of an arrow.
- All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
- Freedom from restraint.
- A letting go; discharge.
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