loose

Meanings

Verb

• 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.
• Misspelling of lose

Adjective

• 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).

Noun

• The release of an arrow.
• A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
• All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
• Freedom from restraint.
• A letting go; discharge.

Interjection

• begin shooting; release your arrows

Related

Similar words

• free, release
• loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, untie
• loosen, relax, slacken
• let go, release
• fire, shoot
• separate, unpackaged
• free, untethered
• indiscreet

Opposite words

• bind, constrain
• bind, fasten, tie
• tighten
• fast
• packaged
• bound, leashed, tethered, tied, tied up
• tense, tensed
• discreet
• faithful, monogamous

Origin

• From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-, *lū-, whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.