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loose

adjective
  1. Not tautly bound, held, or fastened: lax, relaxed, slack. See tighten
  2. Able to move about at will without bounds or restraint: free, unconfined, unrestrained. Idioms: at large, at liberty, free as a bird, on the loose. See free
  3. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained: easy, fast, libertine, light 2, wanton, whorish. See sex
  4. Lacking literal exactness: free, inexact. See precise
verb
  1. To set at liberty: discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, manumit, release. Slang: spring. Idiom: let loose. See free
  2. To free from ties or fasteners: disengage, loosen, slip, unbind, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unloose, unloosen, untie. See tighten
  3. To launch with great force: fire, hurtle, project, propel, shoot. Idiom: let fly. See move
  4. To reduce in tension, pressure, or rigidity: ease, let up, loosen, relax, slack, slacken, untighten. See tighten

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