Definition of loose

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Loose (a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

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Desultorily :: Desultorily (adv.) In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.
Untighten :: Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
Pea-jacket :: Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather..
Uncouple :: Uncouple (v. t.) To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars..
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
Baggage :: Baggage (n.) A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.
Flag :: Flag (n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.
Drapery :: Drapery (n.) A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed..
Unrivet :: Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates..
Shattery :: Shattery (a.) Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar..
Willow-weed :: Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Wantonly :: Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
Cage :: Cage (n.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve..
Thinly :: Thinly (a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited..
Unpin :: Unpin (v. t.) To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame..
Dunnage :: Dunnage (n.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion..
Bob :: Bob (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail..
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Freed or loosed from a yoke.
Nitrosyl :: Nitrosyl (n.) the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively..
Lovely :: Lovely (superl.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody..
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