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| loos | (n) Austrian architect (1870-1933), Syn. Adolf Loos |
| loose | (adj) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement, Ant. compact, Example: loose gravel |
| loose | (adj) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player, Example: a loose ball |
| loose | (adj) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting, Ant. tight, Example: loose clothing; the large shoes were very loose |
| loose | (adj) not tense or taut, Syn. slack, Example: the old man's skin hung loose and grey; slack and wrinkled skin; slack sails; a slack rope |
| loose | (adj) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps, Syn. open, Example: an open texture; a loose weave |
| loose | (adj) not carefully arranged in a package, Example: a box of loose nails |
| loose | (adv) without restraint, Syn. free, Example: cows in India are running loose |
| loose cannon | (n) a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous |
| loose end | (n) work that is left incomplete, Syn. unfinished business |
| Loos | n. [ OE. los, fr. OF. los, laus. ] Praise; fame; reputation. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Good conscience and good loos. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Loose | a. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Now I stand With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. Whewel. [ 1913 Webster ] The loose morality which he had learned. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] Loose ladies in delight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Loose | v. i. To set sail. [ Obs. ] Acts xiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Loose | v. n. Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? Job. xxxviii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ] Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. Matt. xxi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. 1 Cor. vii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ] Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matt. xvi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ] The joints of his loins were loosed. Dan. v. 6. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Loose | n.
Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| loose-fitting | adj. large enough to leave space for movement over the skin; not tight-fitting; -- of clothing. Opposite of |
| loose-jowled | adj. having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw. |
| loose-leaf | |
| looseleaf notebook | |
| looseleaf paper | n. Sheets of writing paper having holes at the edge permitting insertion into and removal from a looseleaf binder. [ PJC ] |