loose end unfinished business | work that is left incomplete |
loose sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows |
leaf lettuce loose-leaf lettuce | lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head |
adulteress fornicatress hussy jade loose woman slut strumpet trollop | a woman adulterer |
loose cannon | a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous |
loose smut | a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores |
loose smut | disease of grains, the entire head is a dusty mass of spores |
explode burst forth break loose | be unleashed, emerge with violence or noise, His anger exploded |
loosen relax loose | become loose or looser or less tight, The noose loosened, the rope relaxed |
loosen loose | make loose or looser, loosen the tension on a rope |
utter emit let out let loose | express audibly, utter sounds (not necessarily words), She let out a big heavy sigh, He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand |
loose off let fly let drive | fire as from a gun, The soldiers let drive their bullets |
unleash let loose loose | turn loose or free from restraint, let loose mines, Loose terrible plagues upon humanity |
escape get away break loose | run away from confinement, The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison |
free liberate release unloose unloosen loose | grant freedom to, free from confinement |
unaffixed loose | not affixed, the stamp came loose |
easy light loose promiscuous sluttish wanton | casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior, her easy virtue, he was told to avoid loose (or light) women, wanton behavior |
loose | not compact or dense in structure or arrangement, loose gravel |
loose | (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player, a loose ball |
lax loose | emptying easily or excessively, loose bowels |
free loose liberal | not literal, a loose interpretation of what she had been told, a free translation of the poem |
double-chinned jowly loose-jowled | having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw |
at large(p) escaped loose on the loose(p) | 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 |
loose | not tight, not closely constrained or constricted or constricting, loose clothing, the large shoes were very loose |
baggy loose-fitting sloppy | not fitting closely, hanging loosely, baggy trousers, a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather |
informal loose | not officially recognized or controlled, an informal agreement, a loose organization of the local farmers |
loose | not carefully arranged in a package, a box of loose nails |
idle loose | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility, idle talk, a loose tongue |
screw-loose screwy | not behaving normally |
loose open | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps, an open texture, a loose weave |
loose slack | not tense or taut, the old man's skin hung loose and grey, slack and wrinkled skin, slack sails, a slack rope |
loose-jointed | loosely articulated or constructed, a loose-jointed paragraph |
loose free | without restraint, cows in India are running loose |