Meaning

5 senses

  1. The release of an arrow.

  2. All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).

  3. Freedom from restraint.

  4. A letting go; discharge.

  5. (obsolete)A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.

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

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  2. This shirt is a little bit loose.

    Ця сорочка трохи завелика. — deniko

    ruРубашка чуть великовата. — Hellerick

    deDieses Hemd sitzt etwas locker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. This button is loose.

    Цей ґудзик відривається. — deniko

    deDieser Knopf ist locker. — Esperantostern

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  4. Tom has a loose tongue.

    Том базікало. — deniko

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  5. I have a loose tooth.

    У мене хитається зуб. — deniko

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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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Forms

plural: looses
Singularloose
Plurallooses

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
looploopholeloopylooselyB2loosenloot

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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