loose
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Is loose a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.Examples: "Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me."; ""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.""Synonyms: free, releasetransitive
2. (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.Synonyms: loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, untietransitive
3. (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.Synonyms: loosen, relax, slackentransitive
4. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.Synonyms: let go, releaseintransitive
5. (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
6. (obsolete) To set sail.Examples: "Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem."obsolete
adj (English)
1. (somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.Examples: "In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious."; "to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight"; "the loose morality which he had learned"dated
2. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.Examples: "He caught an elbow going after a loose ball."; "The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net."; "Tomas Rosicky released the left-back with a fine pass but his low cross was cut out by Ivan Marcano. However the Brazilian was able to collect the loose ball, cut inside and roll a right-footed effort past Franco Costanzo at his near post."not-comparable
3. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.Examples: "People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies"dated
4. (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
5. (US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer.USslang
noun (English)
1. (archery) The release of an arrow.Examples: "In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger."
2. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.Examples: "They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions."obsolete
3. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).Examples: "The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose."
intj (English)
1. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows
Definition source: Wiktionary