loose

Verb

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. To shoot (an arrow).
6. (obsolete) To set sail.
7. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.

Adj

1. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
2. Not held or packaged together.
3. Not under control.
4. Not fitting closely.
5. Not compact.
6. Relaxed.
7. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
8. Indiscreet.
9. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
10. (not-comparable) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
11. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
12. Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
13. (US, slang) Having oversteer.

Noun

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

Intj

begin shooting; release your arrows

Pronounced as (IPA)

/luːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: loos

In summary

From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

Synonyms

slack

free

🆓

release

lax

loosen

baggy

untie

undo

unfasten

relaxed

☺️

crumbly

liberate

soft

unloose

let loose

loosened

unleash

let go

unbind

easy

weak

thin

unloosen

unsteady

shaky

shapeless

not tight

liberal

ill-fitting

unstable

friable

dissolute

set free

open

unlock

🔓

disengage

limp

careless

unattached

loose-fitting

slovenly

sloppy

relax

unbound

flaccid

vague

light

loosely

libertine

detached