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    Loose , a. [Compar. Looser ; superl. Loosest.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. &  Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose.  √127.   See Lose, and cf. Leasing falsehood.]
    1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
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      Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
      Shak.

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    2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of.
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      Now I stand
      Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?
      Addison.

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    3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
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    4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
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      With horse and chariots ranked in loose array.
      Milton.

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    5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
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      The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.
      Whewel.

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    6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
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      The loose morality which he had learned.
      Sir W. Scott.

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    7. Unconnected; rambling.
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      Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages.
      I. Watts.

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    8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
      Locke.

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    9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
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      Loose ladies in delight.
      Spenser.

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    10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
      Dryden.

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      At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. -- Fast and loose. See under Fast. -- To break loose. See under Break. -- Loose pulley. (Mach.) See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast. -- To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
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    Loose, n.
    1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.]
      Prior.

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    2. A letting go; discharge.
      B. Jonson.

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      To give a loose, to give freedom.
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      Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
      Addison.

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    Loose , v. n. [imp. & p. p. Loosed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing.] [From Loose, a.]
    1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
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      Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ?
      Job. xxxviii. 31.

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      Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
      Matt. xxi. 2.

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    2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
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      Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife.
      1 Cor. vii. 27.

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      Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
      Matt. xvi. 19.

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    3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
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      The joints of his loins were loosed.
      Dan. v. 6.

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    4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.]
      Spenser.

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    Loose, v. i. To set sail. [Obs.]
    Acts xiii. 13.

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