Loose /(lo͡os)/

1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

   Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.

2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of.

   Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?

3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

   With horse and chariots ranked in loose array.

5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

   The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.

6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

   The loose morality which he had learned.

7. Unconnected; rambling.

   Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages.

8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

   Loose ladies in delight.

10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.

1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.]
2. A letting go; discharge.

   Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.

imp. & p. p. Loosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing

1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

   Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ?

   Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.

2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

   Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife.

   Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

   The joints of his loins were loosed.

4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.]

1. To set sail. [Obs.]