| loose | (adjective) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting | - |
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| (adjective) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement | - |
| (adjective) not affixed | Synonyms: unaffixed |
| (adjective) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps | Synonyms: open |
| (adjective) not literal | Synonyms: free, liberal |
| (adjective) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | Synonyms: idle |
| (adjective) not tense or taut | Synonyms: slack |
| (adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
| (adjective) emptying easily or excessively | Synonyms: lax |
| (adjective) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player | - |
| (adjective) not officially recognized or controlled | Synonyms: informal |
| (adjective) not carefully arranged in a package | - |
| (adjective) having escaped, especially from confinement | Synonyms: at large, escaped, on the loose |
| (adverb) without restraint | Synonyms: free |
| (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loosen, relax |
| (verb) make loose or looser | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) turn loose or free from restraint | Synonyms: let loose, unleash |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen |
| looseleaf | (adjective) being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged | - |
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| loosely | (adverb) in a relaxed manner; not rigid | Synonyms: slackly |
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| (adverb) structurally open and not compact or close | - |
| (adverb) without regard to specific details or exceptions | Synonyms: broadly, broadly speaking, generally |
| (adverb) in a loose manner | - |
| loosen | (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, relax |
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| (verb) make loose or looser | Synonyms: loose |
| (verb) make less dense | - |
| (verb) disentangle and raise the fibers of | Synonyms: tease, tease apart |
| (verb) cause to become loose | Synonyms: undo, untie |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: relax |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: relax |
| loosened | (adjective) straightened out | Synonyms: disentangled, unsnarled |
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| looseness | (noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | Synonyms: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, profligacy |
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| (noun) movement or space for movement | Synonyms: play |
| (noun) a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice | - |
| (noun) freedom from restraint | - |
| (noun) the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints | - |
| (noun) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor | Synonyms: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels |
| loosening | (noun) the act of making something less tight | Synonyms: laxation |
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| (noun) an occurrence of control or strength weakening | Synonyms: relaxation, slackening |
| loosestrife | (noun) any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | - |
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| (noun) any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia | - |