Meaning

1 senses
  1. Begin shooting; release your arrows

Examples

294 sentences
  1. The girl let the bird loose.

    Дівчина відпустила пташку. — aandrusiak

    ruДевочка выпустила птицу. — arseniiv

    deDas Mädchen ließ den Vogel entkommen. — Sudajaengi

  2. This shirt is a little bit loose.

    Ця сорочка трохи завелика. — deniko

    ruРубашка чуть великовата. — Hellerick

    deDieses Hemd sitzt etwas locker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. This button is loose.

    Цей ґудзик відривається. — deniko

    deDieser Knopf ist locker. — Esperantostern

  4. Tom has a loose tongue.

    Том базікало. — deniko

  5. I have a loose tooth.

    У мене хитається зуб. — deniko

Origin

From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, wh

From 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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Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • loose ends
  • some loose ends
  • loose fitting
  • the dog loose
  • dog loose
  • some loose

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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