loose

Adjective

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  • her easy virtue
    
  • he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
    
  • wanton behavior
    

• having escaped, especially from confinement
  • a convict still at large
    
  • searching for two escaped prisoners
    
  • dogs loose on the streets
    
  • criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
    

• not carefully arranged in a package
  • a box of loose nails
    

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
  • idle talk
    
  • a loose tongue
    

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
  • an open texture
    
  • a loose weave
    

• not tense or taut
  • the old man's skin hung loose and grey
    
  • slack and wrinkled skin
    
  • slack sails
    
  • a slack rope
    

• not affixed
  • the stamp came loose
    

• emptying easily or excessively
  • loose bowels
    

• not literal
  • a loose interpretation of what she had been told
    
  • a free translation of the poem
    

• not officially recognized or controlled
  • an informal agreement
    
  • a loose organization of the local farmers
    

• not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  • loose clothing
    
  • the large shoes were very loose
    

• (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
  • a loose ball
    

• not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
  • loose gravel
    

Adverb

• without restraint
  • cows in India are running loose
    

Verb

• become loose or looser or less tight
  • The noose loosened
    
  • the rope relaxed
    

• make loose or looser
  • loosen the tension on a rope
    

• turn loose or free from restraint
  • let loose mines
    
  • Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
    

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  easy , light , promiscuous , sluttish , wanton , at large(p) , escaped , on the loose(p) , idle , open , slack , unaffixed , lax , free , liberal , informal , loosen , relax , unleash , let loose , liberate , release , unloose , unloosen
• Antonyms: 
  affixed , tight , compact , stiffen , confine , detain