<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Loose, looser, loosest.</li><li>Free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.</li><li>Free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.</li><li>Uncombined, as a chemical element.</li><li>Not bound together: to wear one's hair loose.</li><li>Not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.</li><li>Available for disposal; unused; unappropriated: loose funds.</li><li>Lacking in reticence or power of restraint: a loose tongue.</li><li>Lax, as the bowels.</li><li>Lacking moral restraint or integrity: notorious for his loose character.</li><li>Sexually promiscuous or immoral; unchaste.</li><li>Not firm, taut, or rigid: a loose tooth; a loose rein.</li><li>Relaxed or limber in nature: He runs with a loose, open stride.</li><li>Not fitting closely or tightly: a loose sweater.</li><li>Not close or compact in structure or arrangement; having spaces between the parts; open: a loose weave.</li><li>Not strictly, exactly, or precisely: a loose interpretation of the law.</li><li>Having few restraining factors between associated constituents and allowing ample freedom for independent action: a loose federation of city-states.</li><li>Not cohering: loose sand.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb:</strong></p><ul><li>In a loose manner; loosely (usually used in combination): loose-flowing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>Loosed, loosing.</li><li>To let loose; free from bonds or restraint.</li><li>To release, as from constraint, obligation, or penalty.</li><li>Chiefly Nautical: to set free from fastening or attachment: to loose a boat from its moorings.</li><li>To unfasten, undo, or untie, as a bond, fetter, or knot.</li><li>To shoot; discharge; let fly: to loose missiles at the invaders.</li><li>To make less tight; slacken or relax.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>Loosed, loosing.</li><li>To let go a hold.</li><li>To hoist anchor; get under way.</li><li>To shoot or let fly an arrow, bullet, etc. (often followed by off): to loose off at a flock of ducks.</li><li>Obsolete: to become loose; loosen.</li></ul>