English to English
adjective
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
Loose gravel.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Loose clothing.
The large shoes were very loose.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not affixed
The stamp came loose.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- Freedom from restraint.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- without restraint
Cows in India are running loose.
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
A loose ball.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not officially recognized or controlled
An informal agreement.
A loose organization of the local farmers.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not literal
A loose interpretation of what she had been told.
A free translation of the poem.
source: WordNet 3.0
- emptying easily or excessively
Loose bowels.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not tense or taut
The old man's skin hung loose and grey.
Slack and wrinkled skin.
Slack sails.
A slack rope.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
An open texture.
A loose weave.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Idle talk.
A loose tongue.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not carefully arranged in a package
A box of loose nails.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Her easy virtue.
He was told to avoid loose (or light) women.
Wanton behavior.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
source: WordNet 3.0
- turn loose or free from restraint
Let loose mines.
Loose terrible plagues upon humanity.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make loose or looser
Loosen the tension on a rope.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become loose or looser or less tight
The noose loosened.
The rope relaxed.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
source: Webster 1913
- To set sail.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [lus] Kalág; kalás; malwag; talipandas; malubay
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [lus] Kumalag; kumalas; lumwag
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog