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.

Use 'loose' in a sentence:

1. I was at loose ends and in a funk.
2. Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling.
3. Max is a loose cannon politically.
4. Easy with that chair—one of its legs is loose.
5. The engine came loose from its mountings.
6. He cut himself loose from his family.
7. During the night, somebody had cut the boat loose from its moorings.
8. Her size was camouflaged by the long loose dress she wore.
9. The organization broke loose from its sponsors.
10. A chemical change has to take place before the energy can be let loose.
11. She was pretty and young, in a loose smocked sundress.
12. Owen pounced on the loose ball and scored.
13. A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt.
14. There's a loose part that keeps jamming the mechanism.
15. He'd got caught by the British and turned loose again.
16. He was at last let loose in the kitchen.
17. Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement.
18. The play has too many loose ends.
19. Teenagers need a place to let loose.
20. She had woken feeling at loose ends.
21. Three prisoners are still on the loose.
22. The screw had worked loose.
23. The sheep had got out and were loose on the road.
24. There was a loud bang and then all hell broke loose.
25. A loose slate had fallen from the roof.
26. The handle came loose.
27. She shook her hair loose.
28. He puts his loose change in a money box for the children.
29. He loosed the straps that bound her arms.
30. Who's let the dog loose?
31. Come and see us, if you're at a loose end.
32. Easy with that chair ─ one of its legs is loose.
33. She usually wears her hair loose.
34. He pounced on a loose ball.
35. Check that the plug has not come loose.
36. There are still a few loose ends to tie up.
37. His tie was pulled loose and his collar hung open.
38. She was dressed in a white, loose-fitting shirt.
39. It's OK—hang loose and stay cool.
40. It's OK ─ hang loose and stay cool.
41. The potatoes were sold loose, not in bags.
42. Massage will help to tone up loose skin under the chin.
43. One of the screws is loose.
44. His speech loosed a tide of nationalist sentiment.
45. She let loose a stream of abuse.