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      loose
      noun
      (archery) The release of an arrow.
      (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
      Freedom from restraint.
      A letting go; discharge.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
      verb
      (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
      (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
      (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
      (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
      (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
      Misspelling of lose. [(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.]
      Obsolete form of lose. [(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.]
      (obsolete) To set sail.
      (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
      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.
      (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
      (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
      (US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer.
      (somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
      (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
      Synonyms for loose
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      Words related to loose
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