Definition of loose

• superl. - Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
• superl. - Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
• superl. - Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
• superl. - Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
• superl. - Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
• superl. - Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
• superl. - Unconnected; rambling.
• superl. - Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
• superl. - Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
• superl. - Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
• n. - Freedom from restraint.
• n. - A letting go; discharge.
• a. - To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
• a. - To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
• a. - To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
• a. - To solve; to interpret.
• v. i. - To set sail.