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looseness
loose L0248400 (lo͞os)adj. loos·er, loos·est 1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.5. Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.6. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.7. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.8. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.9. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.10. Not literal or exact: a loose translation.11. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.adv. In a loose manner.tr.v. loosed, loos·ing, loos·es 1. To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.2. To make loose; undo: loosed his belt.3. To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs at camp.4. To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow.5. To release pressure or obligation from; absolve: loosed her from the responsibility.6. To make less strict; relax: a leader's strong authority that was loosed by easy times.Idiom: on the loose1. At large; free.2. Acting in an uninhibited fashion.
[Middle English louse, los, from Old Norse lauss; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
loose′ly adv.loose′ness n.Synonyms: loose, lax, slack1
These adjectives mean not tautly bound, held, or fastened: loose reins; a lax rope; slack sails.Antonym: tightLooseness - (Muscle) lax as a broken shade —Diane Ackerman
- (Face) lax as a wax work —Daniel Berrigan
- (The gear worked) loose as a hound’s shoulder —Elizabeth Spencer
- Loose as a gossip’s tongue —Anon
- Loose as ashes —Anon
- Loose as eggs in a nest —Walter Savage Landor
- Loose as windblown sand —Mark Helprin
- Slack as a toad —Barbara Howes
- Sprawled … lax as a drowned man —George Garrett
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | looseness - frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumordiarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowelsdysentery - an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrheasymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular diseasethe shits, the trots - obscene terms for diarrheaMontezuma's revenge - diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America | | 2. | looseness - freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"unrestraint - the quality of lacking restraint | | 3. | looseness - a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"inaccuracy - the quality of being inaccurate and having errors | | 4. | looseness - the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraintsmovability, movableness - the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearrangedfixity, fastness, fixedness, secureness, fixture - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | | 5. | looseness - movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"playmovability, movableness - the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearrangedwiggliness - a jerky back and forth kind of mobility; "he walked with the wiggliness of a child on high heels"slackness, slack - the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"tautness, tightness - lack of movement or room for movement | | 6. | looseness - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasuredissipation, licentiousness, profligacy, dissolutionintemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language" |
Translationsloose (luːs) adjective1. not tight; not firmly stretched. a loose coat; This belt is loose. 寬鬆的 宽松的2. not firmly fixed. This button is loose. 鬆散的 松散的3. not tied; free. The horses are loose in the field. 未被綁住的 没加束缚的4. not packed; not in a packet. loose biscuits. 散裝的 散装的ˈloosely adverb 寬鬆地，鬆散地 松散地ˈlooseness noun 寬鬆，鬆散 松散ˈloosen verb1. to make or become loose. She loosened the string; The screw had loosened and fallen out. 解開，鬆掉 解开2. to relax (eg a hold). He loosened his grip. 鬆開 松开ˌloose-ˈleaf adjective (of a notebook etc) made so that pages can easily be added or removed. 活頁的 活页的break loose to escape. The prisoner broke loose. 逃脫 逃脱let loose to free from control. The circus trainer has let the lions loose. 放出 放出
a loose (not lose) screw. EncyclopediaSeelooselooseness
Related to looseness: Looseness of AssociationSynonyms for loosenessnoun frequent and watery bowel movementsSynonyms- diarrhea
- diarrhoea
- looseness of the bowels
Related Words- dysentery
- symptom
- the shits
- the trots
- Montezuma's revenge
noun freedom from restraintRelated Wordsnoun a lack of strict accuracyRelated Wordsnoun the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraintsRelated WordsAntonyms- fixity
- fastness
- fixedness
- secureness
- fixture
noun movement or space for movementSynonymsRelated Words- movability
- movableness
- wiggliness
- slackness
- slack
Antonymsnoun dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasureSynonyms- dissipation
- licentiousness
- profligacy
- dissolution
Related Words- intemperateness
- self-indulgence
- intemperance
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