Loose

/luːs/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
2. (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
3. (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
4. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
5. (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
6. (obsolete) To set sail.
7. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
8. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

Example Sentences

Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.

And it was Thora, the little Dwarf's wife, The five rune-books she took out; So she loosed him fully out of the runes, Her daughter had bound him about.

"Ay, and one was nigh to being slain by the hot-pot to be eaten of those brutes, thy children, and had not the others fought gallantly they too had been slain, and not even I could have called back the life which had been loosed from the body."

Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

he had red her riddle, which no wight Could ever loose

This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.

You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.

The dog is loose again.

Synonyms for loose

Antonyms for loose

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Word Forms

• looses
• loosing
• loosed
• looser
• loosest

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