| • | Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. |
| • | Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of. |
| • | Not tight or close; as, a loose garment. |
| • | Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. |
| • | Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning. |
| • | Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. |
| • | Unconnected; rambling. |
| • | Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. |
| • | Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. |
| • | Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle. |
| • | Freedom from restraint. |
| • | A letting go; discharge. |
| • | To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. |
| • | To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit. |
| • | To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. |
| • | To solve; to interpret. |
| • | To set sail. |
