v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

v. turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"

v. grant freedom to; free from confinement

adv. without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"

adj. not affixed; "the stamp came loose"

adj. with laces not tied; "teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers"

adj. not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers"

adj. not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"

adj. emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"

adj. not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"

adj. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

adj. not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"

adj. not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"

adj. not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"

adj. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"

adj. not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"