Definition of loose

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Loose (superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman..

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Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
Tab :: Tab (n.) A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border..
Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..
Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.
Unfasten :: Unfasten (v. t.) To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
Sandish :: Sandish (a.) Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.
Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn..
Disprison :: Disprison (v. t.) To let loose from prison, to set at liberty..
Consound :: Consound (n.) A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey..
Permeate :: Permeate (v. t.) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
Porphyry :: Porphyry (n.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles..
Connection :: Connection (n.) A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense..
Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
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