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loose

verb: grant freedom to; free from confinement

verb: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"

verb: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

verb: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

adj: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"

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

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

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

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

adj: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"

adj: not affixed; "the stamp came loose"

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

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

adj: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

adj: not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"

adj: 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"

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

adv: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"


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loose

Length: 5 letters

Scrabble value: 5

Words with Friends value: 6

Literati value: 5

TWL (USA): Found

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