Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; - with from or of.
Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
Unconnected; rambling.
Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
Freedom from restraint.
A letting go; discharge.
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
To solve; to interpret.
To set sail.
To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one’s purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one’s relish for anything; to lose one’s health.
Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one’s way.
To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
To cause to part with; to deprive of.
To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
