Adjective
1. not restrained or confined or attached;
"a pocket full of loose bills""knocked the ball loose""got loose from his attacker"2. not compact or dense in structure or arrangement;
"loose gravel"3. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player;
"a loose ball"4. not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting;
"loose clothing""the large shoes were very loose"5. not officially recognized or controlled;
"an informal agreement""a loose organization of the local farmers"6. not literal;
"a loose interpretation of what she had been told""a free translation of the poem"7. emptying easily or excessively;
"loose bowels"8. not affixed;
"the stamp came loose"9. not tense or taut;
"the old man's skin hung loose and gray""slack and wrinkled skin""slack sails""a slack rope"10. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps;
"an open texture""a loose weave"11. not fixed firmly or tightly;
"the bolts became loose over time""a loose chair leg""loose bricks"12. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;
"idle talk""a loose tongue"13. not carefully arranged in a package;
"a box of loose nails"14. freely producing mucus;
"a loose phlegmy cough"15. having escaped, especially from confinement;
"a convict still at large""searching for two escaped prisoners""dogs loose on the streets""criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"16. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;
"her easy virtue""he was told to avoid loose (or light) women""wanton behavior"17. not bound or fastened or gathered together;
"loose pages""loose papers"