loose
[luːs]
Definition:
1. To release something or let it happen or be expressed in an uncontrolled way.
2. Not tightly packed together; not solid or hard.
'loose' example sentence:
- I was at loose ends and in a funk.
- Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling.
- Max is a loose cannon politically.
- Easy with that chair—one of its legs is loose.
- The engine came loose from its mountings.
- He cut himself loose from his family.
- During the night, somebody had cut the boat loose from its moorings.
- Her size was camouflaged by the long loose dress she wore.
- The organization broke loose from its sponsors.
- A chemical change has to take place before the energy can be let loose.
- She was pretty and young, in a loose smocked sundress.
- Owen pounced on the loose ball and scored.
- A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt.
- There's a loose part that keeps jamming the mechanism.
- He'd got caught by the British and turned loose again.
- He was at last let loose in the kitchen.
- Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement.
- The play has too many loose ends.
- Teenagers need a place to let loose.
- She had woken feeling at loose ends.
- Three prisoners are still on the loose.
- The screw had worked loose.
- The sheep had got out and were loose on the road.
- There was a loud bang and then all hell broke loose.
- A loose slate had fallen from the roof.
- The handle came loose.
- She shook her hair loose.
- He puts his loose change in a money box for the children.
- He loosed the straps that bound her arms.
- Who's let the dog loose?
- Come and see us, if you're at a loose end.
- Easy with that chair ─ one of its legs is loose.
- She usually wears her hair loose.
- He pounced on a loose ball.
- Check that the plug has not come loose.
- There are still a few loose ends to tie up.
- His tie was pulled loose and his collar hung open.
- She was dressed in a white, loose-fitting shirt.
- It's OK—hang loose and stay cool.
- It's OK ─ hang loose and stay cool.
- The potatoes were sold loose, not in bags.
- Massage will help to tone up loose skin under the chin.
- One of the screws is loose.
- His speech loosed a tide of nationalist sentiment.
- She let loose a stream of abuse.