loose

Meaning

Verb

1. To let loose, to free from restraints.
2. To unfasten, to loosen.
3. To make less tight, to loosen.
4. 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. Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
10. Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
11. Not costive; having lax bowels.
12. Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
13. (slang) Having oversteer.
14. (slang) abnormally wide after multiple penetrations due to having had sexual intercourse multiple times.

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

Concepts

loose

slack

free

release

baggy

lax

loosen

untie

undo

unfasten

relaxed

crumbly

liberate

soft

let loose

loosened

unleash

unloose

let go

shaky

unsteady

unbind

unloosen

weak

easy

thin

shapeless

unstable

disengage

liberal

set free

dissolute

open

unlock

friable

not tight

ill-fitting

flaccid

slovenly

relax

vague

sloppy

limp

careless

unattached

unbound

loose-fitting

soft-boiled

sluttish

roomy

flabby

fire

shoot

imprecise

not compact

libertine

promiscuous

unfastened

light

loosely

detached

idle

unaffixed

wanton

at large

on the loose

untied

insecure

take off

undone

set loose

wide

softened

let fly

unrestrained

slackened

scattered

untidy

ease

lenient

slipshod

spacious

liberated

fluffy

spongy

disorderly

unconfined

licentious

unchaste

freely

floating

separate

single

uncommitted

mellow

incoherent

escaped

informal

wobbly

stray

detach

wild

unpacked

allow to escape

allow to go

emancipate

extricate

let escape

set at liberty

fragile

frail

not firm

not strong

rickety

weakly

spare

dissipated

profligate

vacant

become loose

wobble

drop

fine

loosen up

slacken

unfixed

drooping

get rid of

move

escape

break

make loose

inconclusive but unwanted situation

trailingly

slatternly

rustle

disconnected

disperse

in drops

in pieces

rustling

fast

messy

bawdy

improper

slow

desultory

diffuse

distracted

half-hearted

negligent

unkempt

independent

too large

flaccidly

badly arranged

enlarged

droopy

floppy

not cohering

unappropriated

unused

not packaged

general

indefinite

discharge

irresponsible

unbolted

unfetter

unhitch

untwine

untwist

unwind

porous

delicate

faint

feeble

infirm

straggling

unstrung

dishevelled

flexible

slipped off

hanging

rambling

inexact

inaccurate

fugitive

emit

redeem

pay off

rackety

sandy

let out

untether

sagging

disannul

stretch

running wild

indifferent

lazy

lecherous

rakish

soluble

solvable

pulpy

squashy

listless

pine

disconnect

unlatch

unmake

loose-jointed

spread apart

become loosened

smooth

moveable

be lost

disappear

oscillating

not fast

tottering

wavering

let fall

bundle

totter

fail

diminish

reduce

powdery

queasy

uneasy

dislocate

break out

decipher

open up

switch on

turn on

unbar

unbolt

unbox

unbrace

unbuckle

unclasp

unclip

unclog

unfurl

unlace

unroll

unseal

unstuff

lascivious

false

unarticulated

unbraced

uncollected

uncombined

unconsolidated

ungathered

play

douse

dowse

slack up

relinquish

irrupt

uncork

exonerate

run

full

available

clear

emancipated

exempt

fancy-free

footloose

free-range

free-soil

go-as-you-please

non-slave

out of gear

slaveless

unburdened

unconstrained

unengaged

unfettered

unhampered

unhindered

unimprisoned

unoccupied

unpledged

unpromised

unrestricted

untenanted

untethered

vagile

disorder

come off

look behind

lost

run slowly

walk around aimlessly

vanish

released

belongings

pliable

tender

throw

casual

nonchalant

self-assured

brrezy

not fix

big

broad

capacious

extensive

large

crumby

opened

slip down

tight

disorganized

incompact

drain out

set down

self-indulgent

untidy person

ambiguous

obscure

unclear

turn loose

abandoned

debauched

show

explain

liberty

waver

shake

tremble

fir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/luːs/

Etymology

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