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Looseness

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Noun

1. diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels

frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

2. looseness

freedom from restraint

Example Sentences:
'the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made'

3. looseness

a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice

Example Sentences:
'misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression'

4. looseness

the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints

5. looseness, play

movement or space for movement

Example Sentences:
'there was too much play in the steering wheel'

6. dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy

dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Looseness

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adjective
1. 
free or released from confinement or restraint
2. 
not close, compact, or tight in structure or arrangement
3. 
not fitted or fitting closely
loose clothing is cooler
4. 
not bundled, packaged, fastened, or put in a container
loose nails
5. 
inexact; imprecise
a loose translation
6. 
(of funds, cash, etc) not allocated or locked away; readily available
7. 
a. 
(esp of women) promiscuous or easy
b. 
(of attitudes, ways of life, etc) immoral or dissolute
8. 
lacking a sense of responsibility or propriety
loose talk
9. 
a. 
(of the bowels) emptying easily, esp excessively; lax
b. 
(of a cough) accompanied by phlegm, mucus, etc
10. 
(of a dye or dyed article) fading as a result of washing; not fast
11. informal, mainly US and Canadian
very relaxed; easy
noun
12.  the loose
13.  on the loose
adverb
14. 
a. 
in a loose manner; loosely
b. 
(in combination)
loose-fitting
15.  hang loose
verb
16. (transitive)
to set free or release, as from confinement, restraint, or obligation
17. (transitive)
to unfasten or untie
18. 
to make or become less strict, tight, firmly attached, compact, etc
19. (when intr, often foll by off)
to let fly (a bullet, arrow, or other missile)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Looseness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈlooser or ˈloosest
1. 
not confined or restrained; free; unbound
2. 
not put up in a special package, box, binding, etc.
loose salt
3. 
readily available; not put away under lock and key
loose cash
4. 
not firmly fastened down, on, or in
a loose tooth, a loose wheel
5. 
not taut; slack
6. 
not tight; giving enough room
loose clothing
7. 
not compact or compactly constructed
loose soil, a loose frame
8. 
not restrained; irresponsible
loose talk
9. 
not precise or close; inexact
a loose translation
10. 
sexually immoral or promiscuous
11. 
a. 
not strained or hard
a loose cough
b. 
moving freely or excessively
loose bowels
12.  Informal
relaxed; easy; unconstrained
adverbWord forms: ˈlooser or ˈloosest
13. 
loosely; in a loose manner
verb transitiveWord forms: loosed or ˈloosing
14. 
to make loose
; specif.,
a. 
to set free; unbind
b. 
to make less tight
c. 
to make less compact
d. 
to free from restraint; make less rigid; relax
e. 
to free from an obligation or responsibility; absolve
15. 
to let fly; release
to loose an arrow into the air
verb intransitive
16. 
to discharge a bullet, arrow, etc.; fire

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Looseness

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adj. loos·er, loos·est
1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.
2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.
5. Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.
6. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.
7. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.
8. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.
9. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
10. Not literal or exact: a loose translation.
11. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.
adv.
In a loose manner.
tr.v. loosed, loos·ing, loos·es
1. To let loose; release: loosed the dogs.
2. To make loose; undo: loosed his belt.
3. To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs at camp.
4. To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow.
5. To release pressure or obligation from; absolve: loosed her from the responsibility.
6. To make less strict; relax: a leader's strong authority that was loosed by easy times.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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