Loose

German Meaning

English Meaning

1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.
2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.
5. Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.
6. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.
7. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.
8. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.
9. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
10. Not literal or exact: a loose translation.
11. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.
12. In a loose manner.
13. To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.
14. To make loose; undo: loosed his belt.
15. To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs at camp.
16. To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow.
17. To release pressure or obligation from; absolve: loosed her from the responsibility.
18. To make less strict; relax: a leader's strong authority that was loosed by easy times.
19. To become loose.
20. To discharge a missile; fire.
21. on the loose At large; free.
22. on the loose Acting in an uninhibited fashion.