loose
     adj 1: not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of
            loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose
            from his attacker"
     2: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose
        gravel" [ant: {compact}]
     3: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any
        player; "a loose ball"
     4: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or
        constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very
        loose" [ant: {tight}]
     5: not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal
        agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
        [syn: {informal}]
     6: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
        told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: {free}, {liberal}]
     7: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: {lax}]
     8: not affixed; "the stamp came loose" [syn: {unaffixed}] [ant:
         {affixed}]
     9: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and gray";
        "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
        [syn: {slack}]
     10: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open
         texture"; "a loose weave" [syn: {open}]
     11: not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over
         time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks"
     12: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk";
         "a loose tongue" [syn: {idle}]
     13: not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
     14: freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough"
     15: 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" [syn: {at large(p)}, {at liberty(p)}, {escaped},
          {on the loose(p)}]
     16: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy
         virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women";
         "wanton behavior" [syn: {easy}, {light}, {promiscuous}, {sluttish},
          {wanton}]
     17: not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages";
         "loose papers"
     adv : without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: {free}]
     v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: {free}, {liberate},
           {release}, {unloose}, {unloosen}] [ant: {confine}]
     2: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose
        terrible plagues upon humanity" [syn: {unleash}, {let
        loose}]
     3: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: {loosen}]
        [ant: {stiffen}]
     4: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened";
        "the rope relaxed" [syn: {loosen}, {relax}] [ant: {stiffen}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0