loose

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

1. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

   “This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.”

2. Not held or packaged together.

   “You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.”

3. Not under control.

   “The dog is loose again.”

   “The very idea of a machine set loose to slaughter is chilling.”

4. Not fitting closely.

   “I wear loose clothes when it is hot.”

5. Not compact.

   “It is difficult walking on loose gravel.”

   “a cloth of loose texture”

6. Relaxed.

   “She danced with a loose flowing movement.”

7. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.

   “a loose way of reasoning”

   “The comparison employed […] must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.”

8. Indiscreet.

   “Loose talk costs lives.”

9. Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.

   “In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.”

   “to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight”

10. Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.

    “He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.”

    “The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.”

11. Not costive; having lax bowels.

    “People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies”

12. Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
13. Having oversteer.

intj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

1. begin shooting; release your arrows

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

1. The release of an arrow.

   “In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger.”

2. A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.

   “They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions.”

3. All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).

   “The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose.”

4. Freedom from restraint.

   “Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.”

   “The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]”

5. A letting go; discharge.

verb

1. Obsolete form of lose.

   “And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […]”

   “[W]e went to the Chetto de san Felice, to see the noblemen and their ladies at Basset, a game at cards which is much used, but they play not in public, and all that have inclination to it are in masquerade, without speaking one word, and so they come in, play, loose or gaine, and go away as they please.”

2. Misspelling of lose.

   “I'm going to loose this game.”