loose
loose
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loos
/luːs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "loose"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āφāϞāĻ—āĻž

not confined or under someone or something's control
loose definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the horses got loose, they ran across the open field.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϛ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž, āφāϞāĻ—āĻž

(of clothes) not tight or fitting closely, often allowing freedom of movement
loose definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His pants were too loose after he lost weight.
āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āφāϞāĻ—āĻž, āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž

not tightly held in place and can easily move or be removed
loose definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt a loose button on her coat and quickly sewed it back on before it fell off.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϞāĻ—āĻž āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āφāϞāĻ—āĻž, āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
05

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ

(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
06

āφāύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ

having a flexible approach that focuses on conveying the general meaning or essence of the original text
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His loose translation of the poem aimed to preserve its emotions rather than its exact structure.
āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϞāĻ—āĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āφāϞāĻ—āĻž, āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ

having frequent or excessive bowel movements
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The illness left her feeling weak with loose stools.
āϰ⧋āĻ—āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻ—āĻž āĻŽāϞ āϏāĻš āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āĻ…āύāĻžāύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•

not officially recognized or controlled
09

āφāϞāĻ—āĻž, āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž

(of textures) full of small openings or gaps
10

āωāĻšā§āĻ›ā§ƒāĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻšā§€āύ

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
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āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ

casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
12

āφāϞāĻ—āĻž, āĻ…āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

not carefully arranged in a package
13

āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ

having escaped, especially from confinement
01

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to release from confinement
Transitive: to loose a person or animal
to loose definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After completing the sentence, the judge agreed to loose the rehabilitated prisoner.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāύāĨ¤
02

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to release or fire something, such as a weapon or projectile
Transitive: to loose a projectile
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hunter loosed his spear at the charging animal.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āφāϞāĻ—āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to reduce the tightness of something
Transitive: to loose a grip or restraint
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The climber loosed the straps of his backpack for more comfort.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ⧋āĻšā§€ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž, āφāϞāĻ—āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to undo or release something that is tied or secured
Transitive: to loose a string or knot
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sailor loosed the sails to catch the wind.
āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

without restraint

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

loosely
looseness
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