Definitions for loose

(grant freedom to; free from confinement)

(turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity")

(make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope")

(become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed")

(not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel")

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

(not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose")

(not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers")

(not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem")

(emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels")

(not affixed; "the stamp came loose")

(not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope")

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

(lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue")

(not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails")

(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")

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

(without restraint; "cows in India are running loose")