loose
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,592 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,417 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement loose gravel
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player a loose ball
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting loose clothingthe large shoes were very loose
- not officially recognized or controlled also: informal an informal agreementa loose organization of the local farmers
- not literal also: free, liberal a loose interpretation of what she had been tolda free translation of the poem
- emptying easily or excessively also: lax loose bowels
loose in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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In this first address we find no loose use of words.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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Loose me not, madam, for if you forgo me, I am lost eternally.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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The snow that sifted in through the loose sash lay unmelted on the sill.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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A crackling twig or a loose stone struck by a foot might have warned him.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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What else is knowed of us is this: that we wasn't never wont to turn loose a spy when once ketched.
Lahoma · J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis · Chapter 1