loose
Not fixed in place tightly or firmlyNot fixed in place tightly or firmly.
» The girl let the bird loose.
Das Mädchen ließ den Vogel entkommen.
Das Mädchen ließ den Vogel frei.
Das Mädchen hat den Vogel freigelassen.
Девочка выпустила птицу.
Девочка выпустила птицу на волю.
Дівчина відпустила пташку.
Дівчина випустила пташку.
Дівча випустило птаха.
Meaning
13 sensesNot fixed in place tightly or firmly.
This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
lose, locker
непривя́занныйneprivjázannyj, неприкреплённыйneprikrepljónnyj, развя́занныйrazvjázannyj
вільнийvilʹnyj
Not held or packaged together.
You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
Not under control.
The dog is loose again.
(of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
Not fitting closely.
I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Not compact.
It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
a cloth of loose texture
ры́хлыйrýxlyj, неутрамбо́ванныйneutrambóvannyj
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
Relaxed.
She danced with a loose flowing movement.
entspannt
рассла́бленныйrassláblennyj
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
a loose way of reasoning
Indiscreet.
Loose talk costs lives.
indiskret, lose
неосторо́жныйneostoróžnyj, несде́ржанныйnesdéržannyj
(dated)Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
zügellos, ausschweifend, los
распу́щенныйraspúščennyj, распу́тныйraspútnyj
(not comparable)Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
(dated)Not costive; having lax bowels, diarrheic.
Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
Examples
294 sentencesThe girl let the bird loose.
Дівчина відпустила пташку.
ruДевочка выпустила птицу.
deDas Mädchen ließ den Vogel entkommen.
This shirt is a little bit loose.
Ця сорочка трохи завелика.
ruРубашка чуть великовата.
deDieses Hemd sitzt etwas locker.
This button is loose.
Цей ґудзик відривається.
deDieser Knopf ist locker.
Tom has a loose tongue.
Том базікало.
I have a loose tooth.
У мене хитається зуб.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 7
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whFrom Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.
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Forms
looser, loosestSynonyms
29 synonymsAntonyms
16 antonymsWord family
62 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
6 patterns- loose ends
- some loose ends
- loose fitting
- the dog loose
- dog loose
- some loose