English-Thai Dictionary
loose
ADJ คลอน โยก โคลงเคลง ไม่แน่ น kron
loose
ADJ ช่างพูด พูดมาก พล่าม chang-phud
loose
ADJ ซึ่ง ระบาย ท้อง sueng-ra-bai-tong
loose
ADJ มา พร้อมกับ เสมหะ ma-prom-kab-sem-ha
loose
ADJ สำส่อน เสเพล แพศยา unchaste libertine dissolute licentious promiscuous chaste sam-son
loose
ADJ หลวม ไม่ คับ ไม่แน่ น ไม่ กระชับ luam
loose
ADJ หละหลวม ไม่ รอบคอบ ไม่สน ใจ สะเพร่า ละเลย careless irresponsible la-luam
loose
ADJ หลุด หลุดลุ่ย ห้อย unfastened bound lud
loose
ADJ เป็นอิสระ ไม่ ถูก ควบคุมตัว ไม่ ถูก ผูก free unconfined unbound untied unrestricted unconfined pen-id-sa-ra
loose
ADJ ไม่ อัด แน่น ไม่แน่ น ไม่ รวมกัน แน่น not compact mai-ad-nean
loose
ADJ ไม่ เกาะติด กัน ไม่ เกาะ กัน เป็น ก้อน not cohering mai-kor-tid-kan
loose
ADJ ไม่เที่ยง ตรง ไม่แน่ นอน ไม่ ถูกต้อง vague general indefinite imprecise mai-ting-trong
loose
ADJ ไม่ได้ ควบคุม อย่างเข้มงวด ไม่ได้ จัดระเบียบ อย่างจริงจัง mai-dai-kub-kum-yang-kem-ngod
loose
ADJ ไม่ได้ จัดสรร ให้ (เงิน ไม่ได้ แยกไว้ unused unappropriated mai-dai-jad-san-hai
loose
ADJ ไม่ได้ บรรจุ ใน หีบห่อ ด้วยกัน not packaged mai-dai-ban-ju-nai-hib-hor
loose
ADJ ไม่ได้ ผูก แน่น หย่อน slack mai-dai-puk-nean
loose
ADV อย่าง เป็นอิสระ ปราศจาก ข้อผูกมัด freely yang-peb-id-sa-ra
loose
VI ปล่อย ปล่อยตัว ploi
loose
VI ปล่อย อาวุธ ยิง shoot fire ploi-ar-wud
loose
VI ยก สมอเรือ ขึ้น yok-sa-mor-ruea-kuan
loose
VI หลวม คลาย loosen luam
loose
VT ทำให้ หลวม ผ่อน คลาย ease tighten tam-hai-luam
loose
VT ปลดเปลื้อง จาก พันธะ ปลดเปลื้อง จาก ข้อผูกมัด loosen unbind prod-pluang-jak-pan-ta
loose
VT ปล่อย ให้ เป็นอิสระ ปล่อย จาก การ คุมขัง set free release liberate ploi-hai-pen-id-sa-ra
loose
VT ยิง (จรวด ปล่อย ขีปนาวุธ shoot fire discharge ying
loose
VT แก้ แก้มัด คลาย ปม untie undo untie unfasten kea
loose cannon
SL คน ขี้โม้ คน คุยโต kon-ke-mo
loose it
SL ไม่ สามารถ ควบคุมสติ ได้ mai-sa-mad-kub-kum-sa-ti-dai
loose off
PHRV ยิง ออก ไป ปล่อย ออก ไป ying-ook-pai
loose off
PHRV เปล่งเสียง ดัง plang-siang-dang
loose-jointed
ADJ ที่ มี ข้อต่อ หลวม งอ ไปมา ได้ ขยับ ได้ ถอด ออก ได้ ti-me-kor-tor-luam
loose-leaf
ADJ แยก ออก ได้ yeak-ook-dai
loose-limbed
ADJ มี แขน ขาอ่อน มี แขนขา ที่ คล่องแคล่ว me-kean-ka-on
loose-tongued
ADJ ที่ พูดมาก พูดพล่อย พูด ไม่ ยั้ง ปาก ti-phud-mak
loosely
ADV หลวม ไม่แน่ น ไม่ คับ luam
loosely
ADV ไม่ เคร่งครัด ไม่ เข้มงวด mai-krang-krad
loosen
VI คลาย หลวม kai
loosen
VT ทำให้ หลวม คลาย ปลด ปล่อย เปลื้อง แก้ slacken relax tam-hai-luam
loosen
VT ปลดเปลื้อง จาก พันธะ plod-pluang-jak-pan-ta
loosen
VT ลดหย่อน ผ่อนคลาย ผ่อนปรน relax stiffen lod-yon
loosen up
PHRV คุย กันได้ อย่าง เสรี kui-kan-dai-yang-se-re
loosen up
PHRV ทำให้ คลาย ลง ผ่อน ออก tighten up tam-hai-klai-long
loosen up
PHRV บริหารร่างกาย (เพื่อ เตรียมพร้อม ลง แข่งขัน bo-ri-han-rang-kai
loosen up
PHRV ผ่อน หย่อน หย่อน ลง pon
loosen up
PHRV ยอม เสียเงิน (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ ยอม ให้เงิน yom-sia-ngan
loosestrife
N พืชดอก Lysimachia มีด อก สีเหลือง
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LOOSE
v.t.loos. [Gr. ; Heb. ] 1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening.
Canst thou loose the bands of Orion? Job 38:31.
Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them to me. Matthew 21:2.
2. To relax.
The joints of his loins were loosed. Daniel 5:6.
3. To release from imprisonment; to liberate; to set at liberty.
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed. Isaiah 51:14.
4. To free from obligation.
Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 1 Corinthians 7:27.
5. To free from any thing that binds or shackles; as a man loosed from lust and pelf.
6. To relieve; to free from any thing burdensome or afflictive.
Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. Luke 13:12.
7. To disengage; to detach; as, to loose one's hold.
8. To put off.
Loose thy shoe from off thy foot. Joshua 5:15.
9. To open.
Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? Revelation 5:2.
1 . To remit; to absolve.
Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19.
LOOSE
v.i.To set sail; to leave a port or harbor. Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga, in Pamphylia. Acts 13:13.
LOOSE
a. 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not fastened or confined; as the loose sheets of a book.
2. Not tight or close; as a loose garment.
3. Not crowded; not close or compact.
With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array.
4. Not dense, close or compact; as a cloth or fossil of loose texture.
5. Not close; not concise; lax; as a loose and diffuse style.
6. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as a loose way of reasoning.
7. Not strict or rigid; as a loose observance of rites.
8. Unconnected; rambling; as a loose indigested play.
Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages.
9. Of lax bowels.
1 . Unengaged; not attached or enslaved.
Their prevailing principle is, to sit as loose from pleasures, and be as moderate in the use of them as they can.
11. Disengaged; free from obligation; with from or of.
Now I stand loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thought? [Little used. ]
12. Wanton; unrestrained in behavior; dissolute; unchaste; as a loose man or woman.
13. Containing unchaste language; as a loose epistle.
To break loose, to escape from confinement; to gain liberty by violence.
To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
LOOSE
n.Freedom from restraint; liberty. Come, give thy soul a loose.
Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
We use this word only in the phrase, give a loose. The following use of it, "he runs with an unbounded loose, " is obsolete.
LOOSED
pp. Untied; unbound; freed from restraint.
LOOSELY
adv. loos'ly. 1. Not fast; not firmly; that may be easily disengaged; as things loosely tied or connected.
2. Without confinement.
Her golden locks for haste were loosely shed about her ears.
3. Without union or connection.
Part loosely wing the region.
4. Irregularly; not with the usual restraints.
A bishop living loosely, was charged that his conversation was not according to the apostle's lives.
5. Negligently; carelessly; heedlessly; as a mind loosely employed.
6. Meanly; slightly.
A prince should not be so loosely studied, as to remember so weak a composition.
7. Wantonly; dissolutely; unchastely.
LOOSEN
v.t.loos'n. [from loose. ] 1. To free from tightness, tension, firmness or fixedness; as, to loosen a string when tied, or a knot; to loosen a joint; to loosen a rock in the earth.
2. To render less dense or compact; as, to loosen the earth about the roots of a tree.
3. To free from restraint.
It loosens his hands and assists his understanding.
4. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase alvine discharges.
Fear looseneth the belly.
LOOSEN
v.i.To become loose; to become less tight, firm or compact.
LOOSENED
pp. Freed from tightness or fixedness; rendered loose.
LOOSENESS
n.loos'ness. 1. The state of being loose or relaxed; a state opposite to that of being tight, fast, fixed or compact; as the looseness of a cord; the looseness of a robe; the looseness of the skin; the looseness of earth, or of the texture of cloth.
2. The state opposite to rigor or rigidness; laxity; levity; as looseness of morals or of principles.
3. Irregularity; habitual deviation from strict rules; as looseness of life.
4. Habitual lewdness; unchastity.
5. Flux from the bowels; diarrhaea.
LOOSENING
ppr. Freeing from tightness, tension or fixedness; rendering less compact.
LOOSESTRIFE
n.loos'strife. In botany, the name of several species of plants, of the genera Lysimachia, Epilobium, Lythrum, and Gaura.
LOOSING
ppr. Setting free from confinement.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LOOS
Loos, n. Etym: [OE. los, fr. OF. los, laus. ]
Defn: Praise; fame; reputation. [Obs. ] Spenser. Good conscience and good loos. Chaucer.
LOOSE
Loose, a. [Compar. Looser; superl. Loosest.] Etym: [OE. loos, lous,laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. Lose, and cf. Leasing falsehood. ]
1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.
2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of. Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts Addison.
3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. Milton.
5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning. The comparison employed. .. must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. Whewel.
6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. The loose morality which he had learned. Sir W. Scott.
7. Unconnected; rambling. Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. I. Watts.
8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. Locke.
9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. Loose ladies in delight. Spenser.
1 . Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle. Dryden. At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. -- Fast and loose. See under Fast. -- To break loose. See under Break. -- Loose pulley. (Mach. ) See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast. -- To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
LOOSE
LOOSE Loose, n.
1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs. ] Prior.
2. A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson. To give a loose, to give freedom. Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. Addison.
LOOSE
Loose, v. n. [imp. & p. p. Loosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing. ] Etym: [From Loose, a.]
1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. Canst thou. .. loose the bands of Orion Job. xxxviii. 31. Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. Matt. xxi. 2.
2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit. Art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife. 1 Cor. vii. 27. Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matt. xvi. 19.
3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. The joints of his loins were loosed. Dan. v. 6.
4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs. ] Spenser.
LOOSE
LOOSE Loose, v. i.
Defn: To set sail. [Obs. ] Acts xiii. 13.
LOOSELY
LOOSELY Loose "ly, adv.
Defn: In a loose manner.
LOOSEN
Loos "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loosened; p. pr. & vb. n. Loosening. ]Etym: [See Loose, v. t.]
1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening of the earth. Bacon.
2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty. . It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding. Dryden.
3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of. Bacon.
LOOSEN
LOOSEN Loos "en, v. i.
Defn: To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. S. Sharp.
LOOSENER
LOOSENER Loos "en *er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, loosens.
LOOSENESS
LOOSENESS Loose "ness, n.
Defn: The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.
LOOSESTRIFE
LOOSESTRIFE Loose "strife `, n. (Bot. )(a ) The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. (b ) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers. Gray.
False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which includes several species, most of which are found in the United States. -- Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora, found in the northern parts of the United States and in Europe. Gray.
LOOSISH
LOOSISH Loos "ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat loose.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Loos, Anita
Loos, Anita |lo͞os lus | (1893 –1981 ) US writer. She wrote stories collected in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925 ) that involved the character Lorelei Lee and that were later adapted for the stage and the screen.
loose
loose |lo͞os lus | ▶adjective 1 not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached: a loose tooth | the truck's trailer came loose. • not held or tied together; not packaged or placed in a container: wear your hair loose | pockets bulging with loose change. • (of a person or animal ) free from confinement; not bound or tethered: the bull was loose with cattle in the field | the tethered horses broke loose . • not strict or exact: a loose interpretation. • not close or compact in structure: a loose weave | figurative : a loose federation of political and industrial groups. • typical of diarrhea: many patients report loose bowel movements. 2 (of a garment ) not fitting tightly or closely: she slipped into a loose T-shirt and shorts. 3 relaxed; physically slack: she swung back into her easy, loose stride. • careless and indiscreet in what is said: there is too much loose talk about the situation. • dated promiscuous; immoral: she ran the risk of being called a loose woman. • (of the ball in a game ) in play but not in any player's possession. ▶verb [ with obj. ] set free; release: the hounds have been loosed. • untie; unfasten: the ropes were loosed. • relax (one's grip ): he loosed his grip suddenly. PHRASES hang (or stay ) loose [ often as imperative ] informal be relaxed; refrain from taking anything too seriously: hang loose, baby! on the loose having escaped from confinement: a serial killer is on the loose. DERIVATIVES loose ly adverb, loose ness noun ORIGIN Middle English loos ‘free from bonds, ’ from Old Norse lauss, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German los . usage: The adjective loose, meaning ‘not tight, ’ should not be confused with the verb loose, which means ‘let go ’: they loosed the reins and let the horse gallop. This verb in turn should not be confused with the verb lose, which means ‘be deprived of, fail to keep ’: I will lose my keys if I don't mend the hole in my pocket.
loose box
loose box ▶noun Brit. a stable, or an enclosed area in a stable building, in which a horse is kept and within which it does not need to be tied.
loose cannon
loose can non ▶noun an unpredictable or uncontrolled person who is likely to cause unintentional damage.
loose construction
loose con struc tion ▶noun Law a broad interpretation of a statute or document by a court. DERIVATIVES loose con struc tion ist noun
loose cover
loose cover ▶noun Brit. a removable fitted cloth cover for a chair or sofa.
loose end
loose end ▶noun a detail not yet settled or explained: Mark arrived back at his office to tie up any loose ends. PHRASES be at loose ends have nothing specific to do: he dropped out of school and found himself alone and at loose ends.
loose-footed
loose-footed ▶adjective (of a boat's sail ) having no boom or not secured to a boom at the foot.
loose forward
loose for |ward ▶noun Rugby a forward who plays at the back of the scrum.
loose head
loose head ▶noun Rugby the forward in the front row of a scrummage who is nearest to the scrum half as the ball is put in.
loose housing
loose hous |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] partly covered barns or sheds for livestock with access to a feeding area (as distinct from individual pens or crates ).
loose-jointed
loose-joint ed ▶adjective having or characterized by easy, free movement; limber. • having loose joints. • loosely built, badly put together.
loose-knit
loose-knit ▶adjective connected in a tenuous or ill-defined way; not closely linked: a loose-knit grouping of independent states.
loose-leaf
loose-leaf |ˈlus ˈˌlif |(also looseleaf ) ▶adjective (of a notebook or folder ) having each sheet of paper separate and removable.
loose-limbed
loose-limbed ▶adjective supple and physically relaxed: his loose-limbed, athletic body exudes fitness and energy.
loosen
loos en |ˈlo͞osən ˈlusn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something tied, fastened, or fixed in place ) less tight or firm: loosen your collar and tie. • make more lax: his main mistake was to loosen monetary policy | (as noun loosening ) : a loosening of the benefit rules. • relax (one's grip or muscles ): he loosened his hold so she could pull her arms free. • [ no obj. ] become relaxed or less tight: the stiffness in his shoulders had loosened. • make (a connection or relationship ) less strong: he wanted to strengthen rather than loosen union links. • (with reference to the bowels ) make or become relaxed before excretion: [ no obj. ] : his bowels loosened in terror. PHRASES loosen someone's tongue make someone talk freely. PHRASAL VERBS loosen up warm up in preparation for an activity: arrive early to loosen up and hit some practice shots. • make or become relaxed: they taught me to have fun at work and loosen up | (loosen someone up ) : the beer is loosening him up. DERIVATIVES loos en er noun
loose rein
loose rein ▶noun [ in sing. ] a manner of riding in which the reins are held slackly, allowing the horse to relax. • a lack of strict control: he ran foreign affairs on a loose rein .
loose scrum
loose scrum (also loose scrummage ) ▶noun Rugby a scrum formed by the players round the ball during play, not ordered by the referee.
loosestrife
loose strife |ˈlo͞o (s )ˌstrīf ˈlusstraɪf | ▶noun any of various tall plants that bear upright spikes of flowers. [● several plants of the genus Lythrum (family Lythraceae ), in particular the purple loosestrife (L. salicaria ) of the Old World, now well established in North America. ● several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Lysimachia (family Primulaceae ), in particular the garden loosestrife (L. vulgaris ) of Eurasia and North America. ] ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from loose + strife, taking the Greek name lusimakheion (actually from Lusimakhos, the name of its discoverer ) to be directly from luein ‘undo ’ + makhē ‘battle. ’
loose tongue
loose tongue ▶noun a tendency to speak indiscreetly.
loosey-goosey
loos ey-goos ey |ˌlo͞osē ˈgo͞osē ˌlusi ˈɡusi | ▶adjective informal relaxed or loose: other guys can goof around, be all loosey-goosey before a game | a loosey-goosey interpretation of traditional doctrine. ORIGIN rhyming formation from the expression loose as a goose .
Oxford Dictionary
Loos, Anita
Loos, Anita |lo͞os lus | (1893 –1981 ) US writer. She wrote stories collected in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925 ) that involved the character Lorelei Lee and that were later adapted for the stage and the screen.
loose
loose |luːs | ▶adjective 1 not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached: a loose tooth | the lorry's trailer came loose. • not held or tied together or contained within something: wear your hair loose | pockets bulging with loose change. • (of a person or animal ) not tied up or shut in: the bull was loose with cattle in the field | the tethered horses broke loose . • (of the ball in a game ) in play but not in any player's possession. 2 (of a garment ) not fitting tightly or closely: she slipped into a loose T-shirt. 3 not close, compact, or solid in structure or formation: the fabric's loose weave | loose soil. • not rigidly organized: a loose federation of political groups. • (of play, especially in rugby ) with the players not close together. 4 relaxed; physically slack: she swung into her easy, loose stride. • not strict or exact: a loose interpretation. • careless and indiscreet in what is said: there is too much loose talk about the situation. • (of play in cricket ) inaccurate or careless: Lucas punished some loose bowling severely. 5 dated promiscuous: a loose woman. 6 (of faeces ) containing excessive liquid. ▶noun (the loose ) Rugby loose play: he was in powerful form in the loose. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 set free; release: the hounds have been loosed. • make (something ) loose; untie or undo: the ropes were loosed. • relax (one's grip ): he loosed his grip suddenly. 2 (usu. loose off ) fire (a bullet, arrow, etc. ): he loosed off a shot at the vehicle. PHRASES hang (or stay ) loose [ often as imperative ] informal, chiefly N. Amer. be relaxed; refrain from taking anything too seriously: hang loose, baby! on the loose having escaped from confinement: a serial killer is on the loose. DERIVATIVES loosely adverb, looseness noun ORIGIN Middle English loos ‘free from bonds ’, from Old Norse lauss, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German los . usage: The words loose and lose are different and should not be confused: see usage at lose .
loose box
loose box ▶noun Brit. a stable, or an enclosed area in a stable building, in which a horse is kept and within which it does not need to be tied.
loose cannon
loose can ¦non ▶noun an unpredictable or uncontrolled person who is liable to cause unintentional damage.
loose construction
loose con struc tion ▶noun Law a broad interpretation of a statute or document by a court. DERIVATIVES loose con struc tion ist noun
loose cover
loose cover ▶noun Brit. a removable fitted cloth cover for a chair or sofa.
loose end
loose end ▶noun a detail that is not yet settled or explained: Mark arrived back at his office to tie up any loose ends. PHRASES be at a loose end (or N. Amer. at loose ends ) have nothing specific to do.
loose-footed
loose-footed ▶adjective (of a boat's sail ) having no boom or not secured to a boom at the foot.
loose forward
loose for |ward ▶noun Rugby a forward who plays at the back of the scrum.
loose head
loose head ▶noun Rugby the forward in the front row of a scrummage who is nearest to the scrum half as the ball is put in.
loose housing
loose hous |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] partly covered barns or sheds for livestock with access to a feeding area (as distinct from individual pens or crates ).
loose-jointed
loose-joint ed ▶adjective having or characterized by easy, free movement; limber. • having loose joints. • loosely built, badly put together.
loose-knit
loose-knit ▶adjective connected in a tenuous or vague way: a loose-knit grouping of independent states.
loose-leaf
loose-leaf ▶adjective (of a notebook or folder ) having each sheet of paper separate and removable.
loose-limbed
loose-limbed ▶adjective supple and physically relaxed: his loose-limbed, athletic body exudes fitness and energy.
loosen
loos ¦en |ˈluːs (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make (something tied, fastened, or fixed in place ) less tight or firm: loosen your collar and tie. • relax (one's grip or muscles ): he loosened his hold so she could pull her arms free. • [ no obj. ] become relaxed or less tight: the stiffness in his shoulders had loosened. • (with reference to the bowels ) make or become relaxed prior to excretion. 2 make less strict: his main mistake was to loosen monetary policy. • make (a connection ) less strong: he wanted to strengthen rather than loosen union links. PHRASES loosen someone's tongue make someone talk freely. PHRASAL VERBS loosen up relax one's muscles before taking exercise: arrive early to loosen up and hit some practice shots. • become mentally relaxed: they taught me to have fun and loosen up.
loosener
loos |en ¦er |ˈluːsənə | ▶noun a person or thing that loosens something. • informal a relatively undemanding challenge early in a game or competition, before the participants are fully settled or warmed up.
loose rein
loose rein ▶noun [ in sing. ] a manner of riding in which the reins are held slackly, allowing the horse to relax. • a lack of strict control: he ran foreign affairs on a loose rein .
loose scrum
loose scrum (also loose scrummage ) ▶noun Rugby a scrum formed by the players round the ball during play, not ordered by the referee.
loosestrife
loosestrife |ˈluːsˌstrʌɪf | ▶noun any of a number of tall plants which bear upright spikes of flowers and grow by water and in wet ground: ● several plants of the genus Lythrum (family Lythraceae ), in particular the purple loosestrife (L. salicaria ) of the Old World. ● several plants of the genus Lysimachia (family Primulaceae ), in particular the yellow loosestrife (L. vulgaris ) of Eurasia. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from loose + strife, taking the Greek name lusimakheion (actually from Lusimakhos, the name of its discoverer ) to be directly from luein ‘undo ’ + makhē ‘battle ’.
loose tongue
loose tongue ▶noun a tendency to speak indiscreetly.
loosey-goosey
loosey-goosey |luːsɪˈguːsi | ▶adjective N. Amer. informal relaxed and comfortable. ORIGIN 1980s: fanciful formation from loose + goosey .
American Oxford Thesaurus
loose
loose adjective 1 a loose floorboard: not fixed in place, not secure, unsecured, unattached; detached, unfastened, untied; wobbly, unsteady, movable. ANTONYMS secure, tight. 2 she wore her hair loose: untied, unpinned, unbound, hanging free, down, flowing. 3 there's a wolf loose: free, at large, at liberty, on the loose, escaped; unconfined, untied, unchained, untethered, stray. ANTONYMS secure. 4 a loose interpretation: vague, indefinite, inexact, imprecise, approximate; broad, general, rough; liberal; informal ballpark. ANTONYMS literal, narrow. 5 a loose jacket: baggy, generously cut, slack, roomy; oversized, shapeless, sagging, saggy, sloppy. ANTONYMS tight, form-fitting. 6 dated a loose woman: promiscuous, of easy virtue, fast, wanton, unchaste, immoral; licentious, dissolute; dated fallen. ANTONYMS chaste. 7 loose talk: indiscreet, unguarded, free, gossipy, gossiping. ANTONYMS discreet, guarded. ▶verb 1 loose the dogs: free, set free, unloose, turn loose, set loose, let loose, let go, release; untie, unchain, unfasten, unleash. ANTONYMS confine. 2 the fingers loosed their hold: relax, slacken, loosen; weaken, lessen, reduce, diminish, moderate. ANTONYMS tighten. PHRASES at loose ends ever since the factory closed, Don has been at loose ends: with nothing to do, unoccupied, unemployed, at leisure, idle, adrift, with time to kill; bored, twiddling one's thumbs, hanging /kicking around. on the loose an inmate from Wickham Hall is on the loose: free, at liberty, at large, escaped; on the run, fugitive, wanted; informal on the lam.
loose-limbed
loose-limbed adjective loose-limbed gymnasts: supple, limber, lithe, lissome, willowy; agile, nimble, flexible.
loosen
loosen verb 1 loosen the clothesline | you simply loosen two screws: make slack, slacken, unstick; unfasten, detach, release, disconnect, undo, unclasp, unlatch, unbolt. ANTONYMS tighten. 2 her fingers loosened: become slack, slacken, become loose, let go, ease; work loose, work free. ANTONYMS tighten. 3 Philip loosened his grip: weaken, relax, slacken, loose, lessen, reduce, moderate, diminish. ANTONYMS tighten. PHRASES loosen up you need to loosen up: relax, unwind, ease up, calm down; informal lighten up, go easy, chill out, take a chill pill, kick back.
Oxford Thesaurus
loose
loose adjective 1 a loose floorboard: not fixed in place, not secure, insecure, unsecured, unattached; detached, unfastened; wobbly, rickety, unsteady, movable. ANTONYMS secure, tight. 2 she wore her hair loose: untied, unpinned, unbound, hanging free, down, flowing, floppy. 3 there's a wolf loose in the woods: free, at large, at liberty, on the loose, escaped; unconfined, untied, unchained, untethered, unsecured, unshackled, unfastened, unrestricted, unbound; freed, let go, liberated, released, set loose. ANTONYMS secure. 4 the loose interpretation of a particular ruling: vague, indefinite, inexact, imprecise, ill-defined, unrigorous, unmeticulous; broad, general, rough, non-specific, inexplicit; liberal. ANTONYMS literal, narrow. 5 a loose jacket: baggy, loose-fitting, easy-fitting, generously cut, slack, roomy; oversized, shapeless, bagging, lax, hanging, sagging, sloppy. ANTONYMS tight. 6 dated a loose woman. See promiscuous (sense 1 ). PHRASES at a loose end why don't you stay to eat, if you're at a loose end? with nothing to do, unoccupied, unemployed, at leisure, idle, purposeless, aimless, adrift, with time to kill; bored, twiddling one's thumbs, kicking one's heels. ANTONYMS busy. break loose the tethered horses broke loose: escape, make one's escape, get away, get free, break free, free oneself; run off, run away, make a break for it, make a run for it, bolt, take to one's heels. let loose 1 she let the python loose: free, set free, unloose, turn loose, set loose, let go, release, liberate; untie, unchain, unfetter, untether, unfasten, unpen, unleash. 2 she let loose a graceless snort: emit, give, burst out with, give forth, send forth; shout, yell, bellow. on the loose a serial killer was on the loose: free, at liberty, at large, escaped, set loose, unconfined, unrestrained, roaming, unbound, unrestricted, untied, unchained, unshackled, unfettered; on the run, fugitive; informal on the lam. ▶verb 1 the cattle were loosed on the common: free, set free, unloose, turn loose, set loose, let loose, let go, release, liberate; untie, unchain, unfetter, untether, unfasten, unpen, unleash. ANTONYMS confine. 2 he loosed the reins a little | the steel fingers loosed their hold: relax, slacken, loosen; weaken, lessen, reduce, diminish, moderate, soften. ANTONYMS tighten. 3 Brian loosed off a shot though the back of the car: fire, discharge, shoot, eject, catapult, let go, let fly with.
loose-limbed
loose-limbed adjective he was loose-limbed and lean: supple, limber, lithe, lissom, willowy, flexible, pliant, pliable, loose-jointed; agile, nimble, deft.
loosen
loosen verb 1 to open it up, you simply loosen two screws: make slack, slacken, slack, unstick; unfasten, detach, release, disconnect, undo, unclasp, unlatch, unbolt. ANTONYMS tighten. 2 her fingers loosened: become slack, slacken, become loose, let go, unbind, ease; work loose, work free. ANTONYMS tighten. 3 he had loosened his tie and undone his top button: unfasten, undo, release, unhook, slacken, let out. ANTONYMS tighten. 4 Philip loosened his grip | the extension of the franchise helped loosen the grip of the aristocracy: weaken, relax, slacken, loose, lessen, reduce, moderate, diminish, soften, alleviate, dilute. ANTONYMS tighten. 5 you need to loosen up, get rid of some inhibitions: relax, become relaxed, unwind, ease up /off, become less rigid; informal let up, hang loose, lighten up, go easy.
Duden Dictionary
Loos
Loos Eigenname |L oo s |österreichischer Architekt
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
loose
loose /luːs / (! -seは /s /) 〖原義は 「束縛から解放された 」〗(動 )loosen 形容詞 ~r ; ~st 1 a. 〈ねじ 部品などが 〉ゆるい , 締まってない , 固定してない ; 〈ボタンなどが 〉外れかかった , 抜けそうな , ぐらぐらの (↔tight )▸ a loose wheel [screw, tooth ]がたがたの車輪 [ゆるんだねじ, ぐらぐらの歯 ]b. 〈鎖 ひもなどが 〉ほどけた , ゆるんだ (↔tight )▸ a loose knot [shoelace ]ゆるんだ結び目 [靴ひも ].2 〈髪 書類などが 〉たばねていない , とじていない , 結んでいない ; 包装されていない , ばらの ▸ wear one's hair loose 髪を結わずに自然にたらしておく ▸ Water colors can be bought loose .水彩絵の具はばらで買える 3 〖通例be ~〗 «…から » 解き放たれた ; 〈動物などが 〉つながれ [閉じ込められ ]ていない , 自由になった (free ) «from » ▸ The chickens were (set ) loose in the yard .鶏は庭で放し飼いにされていた ▸ cast A loose [loose A ]Aを解放する, 自由にする 4 〈服などが 〉だぶだぶの , 大きめの (slack 1, baggy )(↔tight )▸ a loose jacket 大きめのジャケット 5 〈織物などが 〉目の粗い ; 〈物が 〉中の詰まっていない ; やわらかい ▸ loose soil やわらかい土 ▸ a cloth bag with a loose weave 目が粗い布地のバッグ ▸ The cake mixture is too loose .ケーキの生地がゆるすぎる 6 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗統制のゆるい 〈団体 組織など 〉; 取り決めが厳しくない 〈同盟 協定など 〉▸ a loose alliance [coalition ]ゆるい同盟 [連立 ]7 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗散漫な 〈考えなど 〉; ぞんざいな , ずさんな 〈翻訳 解釈など 〉(imprecise )▸ loose talk とりとめのない話 8 ⦅やや古 非難して ⦆〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗ふしだらな , みだらな 〈人 生活など 〉▸ We deplore her loose behavior! なんと彼女は身持ちの悪いことか 9 〘スポーツ 〙〈ボールが 〉フリーの , 選手が持っていない ▸ intercept a loose ball こぼれ球をインターセプトする 10 〈腹ぐあいが 〉ゆるい , 下痢気味の ; 〈体型などが 〉締まりのない , たるんだ ▸ have loose bowels おなかがゆるい 11 〈資金などが 〉使う当てのない , 遊んでいる .12 〘軍 〙〈隊 [陣 ]形が 〉散開した ▸ in loose order 散開隊形で br è ak [g è t, sh à ke, t è ar ] l ó ose 〈人が 〉 «…から » 脱走する, 逃げる (escape ); «…の » 束縛を振り切る ; 〈船などが 〉 «…から » 出る «from » .br è ak [c ù t, t è ar ] A l ó ose from B A 〈人など 〉をB 〈集団など (の影響 )〉から切り離す, 解き放つ, 自由にする .c ò me l ó ose 離れてくる, 取れる, はがれる ; 〈くぎ ねじなどが 〉あまい, ぐらぐら動く .c ù t l ó ose 1 =break loose .2 ⦅米話 ⦆=let loose (1 ).h à ng [st à y ] l ó ose ⦅主に米 くだけた話 ⦆落ち着いている ; くよくよしない (!しばしば命令形で ) .l è t l ó ose 1 ⦅英 くだけた話 ⦆自由に [無遠慮に ]ふるまう [しゃべる ](⦅米話 ⦆cut loose ).2 ゆるむ, 壊れる .l è t A l ó ose [l ó ose A ]1 A 〈人 動物 〉を (解き )放す , 逃がす ; A 〈困った事態など 〉を野放しにする ; A 〈物 〉をほどく .2 A 〈人 〉に好きなようにさせる , 【物 事を 】Aに任せる «on » .3 (突然 )A 〈言葉 騒音など 〉を発する, 起こす ; «…に » A 〈砲撃 怒りなど 〉を浴びせる, ぶつける «on » .s è t A l ó ose [l ó ose A ]=let A loose (1 ).t ù rn A l ó ose [l ó ose A ]1 =let A loose (1 ), (2 ).2 【人を 】A 〈人 〉に攻撃 [批判 ]させる «on » .w ò rk l ó ose =come loose .動詞 ~s /-ɪz /; ~d /-t /; loosing 他動詞 ⦅かたく ⦆1 〈人が 〉 (束縛を解いて )〈人 動物など 〉を解放する , 自由にする .2 〈好ましくないこと 〉を巻き起こす , 招く ; «…に » 〈危険 害悪など (の影響 )〉を及ぼす «on , upon » ▸ Her public comments loosed a tide of protest .彼女の公的発言は抗議の気運を巻き起こした 3 ⦅文 ⦆ «…に向けて » 〈矢 ミサイルなど 〉を放つ , 発射する (⦅英 ⦆off )(discharge ) «at » ; …をあふれ出させる , 放出する ▸ The ship loosed tons of oil into the sea .その船は何トンもの油を海に流出させた 4 〈結び目など 〉をゆるめる , 解く , ほどく ; …の動きを自由にする (!loosenの方が普通; ↔tighten ) ▸ loose one's hold of [grip on ] A Aから手を離す [の握りをゆるめる ]名詞 (!次の成句で ) .g ì ve (a ) l ó ose to A A 〈情熱など 〉の思うままにさせる .on the l ó ose 1 〈犯罪者 猛獣などが 〉 (刑務所 おりなどから )逃げ出して, 野放しで ; 法の拘束を受けないで, 自由で (at large ).2 浮かれ騒いで .副詞 ⦅非標準 ⦆=loosely .~̀ c á nnon 何をしでかす [言う ]かわからない人, 問題児 .~̀ ch á nge (ポケットの中などの )小銭 .~̀ c ó ver ⦅英 ⦆(いすなどの )取り外しできるカバー (⦅米 ⦆slip cover ).~̀ é nd (s )1 (ひもなどの )くくっていない端 .2 未解決 [処理 ]の問題 ▸ tie up the loose ends 完成させる, 未解決の問題を片付ける .
loose-fitting
l ò ose-f í tting 形容詞 〈衣服が 〉ゆったりとした, ゆったりめの .
loose-knit
l ò ose-kn í t 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗ゆるく編んだ ; 結束のゆるい .
loose-leaf
l ò ose-l é af (! 名詞 の前ではl ó ose-l è af ) 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗ルーズリーフ式の 〈ノート 用紙など 〉.~̀ p á per ルーズリーフ用紙 .
loosely
loose ly /lúːsli /副詞 1 ゆるく, 締まりなく ; だぶだぶに .2 厳密でなく, 大ざっぱに, 漠然と .3 だらしなく, 放縦に .
loosen
loos en /lúːs (ə )n /→loose 動詞 ~s /-z /; ~ed /-d /; ~ing (↔tighten )他動詞 1 〈力 服など 〉をゆるめる ; 〈髪 結び目など 〉をほどく , 解く ; 〈手など 〉を放す (up )▸ loosen one's tie [belt ]ネクタイ [ベルト ]をゆるめる ▸ Bob loosened his grip on Paul's shoulder .ボブはポールの肩をつかむ手をゆるめた 2 〈制限 規則 関係など 〉を弱める , 緩和する ; 〈支配など 〉をゆるめる ▸ loosen the budget to encourage investments 投資を促進するため財政を緩和する ▸ loosen ties [links ] with one's former boss 前の上司との関係を粗にする 3 …を自由にする ; …を解き放つ .4 〈腹 〉をゆるませる ; 〈せき 〉を鎮める ▸ loosen the bowels 便通をつける 自動詞 ゆるくなる , ゆるむ (up ).l ò osen ú p 1 リラックスする, くつろぐ, 打ちとける .2 ↑自動詞 .3 〈体 筋肉などが 〉ほぐれる .l ò osen A ú p [ú p A ]1 ↑他動詞 1 .2 A 〈筋肉など 〉を解きほぐす ▸ Loosen yourself up before playing football .サッカーをする前に準備運動をしなさい ~er 名詞
looseness
l ó ose ness 名詞 U ゆるみ, 締まりのなさ .
loosey-goosey
loos ey-goos ey /lùːsiɡúːsi /形容詞 ⦅俗 ⦆くつろいだ .