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loose
Overview of verb loose
The verb loose has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose -- (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
2. (1) unleash, let loose, loose -- (turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity")
3. loosen, loose -- (make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope")
4. loosen, relax, loose -- (become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed")
Overview of adj loose
The adj loose has 17 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (7) loose -- (not restrained or confined or attached; "a pocket full of loose bills"; "knocked the ball loose"; "got loose from his attacker")
2. (2) loose -- (not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel")
3. (2) loose -- ((of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball")
4. (1) loose -- (not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose")
5. (1) informal, loose -- (not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers")
6. (1) free, loose, liberal -- (not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem")
7. (1) lax, loose -- (emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels")
8. unaffixed, loose -- (not affixed; "the stamp came loose")
9. loose, slack -- (not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope")
10. loose, open -- ((of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave")
11. loose -- (not fixed firmly or tightly; "the bolts became loose over time"; "a loose chair leg"; "loose bricks")
12. idle, loose -- (lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue")
13. loose -- (not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails")
14. loose -- (freely producing mucus; "a loose phlegmy cough")
15. at large, escaped, loose, on the loose -- (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. easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton -- (casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior")
17. loose -- (not bound or fastened or gathered together; "loose pages"; "loose papers")
Overview of adv loose
The adv loose has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) loose, free -- (without restraint; "cows in India are running loose")
Grep of noun loose
loose-leaf lettuce
loose cannon
loose end
loose sentence
loose smut
loose trousers
loose woman
looseness
looseness of the bowels
loosening
loosestrife
loosestrife family
Antonyms of verb loose
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb loose
4 senses of loose
Sense 1
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
Sense 2
unleash, let loose, loose
=> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
Sense 3
loosen, loose
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
loosen, relax, loose
=> weaken
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb loose
2 of 4 senses of loose
Sense 1
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
=> unspell
=> unchain
=> bail
=> run
=> bail out
=> parole
Sense 3
loosen, loose
=> relax, unbend
=> slacken, remit
=> slack
=> unscrew
=> unscrew
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb loose
4 senses of loose
Sense 1
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
Sense 2
unleash, let loose, loose
=> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
Sense 3
loosen, loose
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
loosen, relax, loose
=> weaken
'Cause To' of verb loose
1 of 4 senses of loose
Sense 3
loosen, loose
=> loosen, relax, loose
Derived Forms of verb loose
Domain of verb loose
Domain Terms of verb loose
Familiarity of verb loose
loose used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb loose
4 senses of loose
Sense 1
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
EX: They want to loose the prisoners
Sense 2
unleash, let loose, loose
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
loosen, loose
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
loosen, relax, loose
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb loose
3 of 4 senses of loose
Sense 2
unleash, let loose, loose
> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
=> discharge, muster out
=> unclasp
=> pop
=> toggle
=> unhand
=> bring out, let out
=> unleash
=> unleash, let loose, loose
=> unleash
=> disengage, withdraw
Sense 3
loosen, loose
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 4
loosen, relax, loose
> weaken
=> attenuate
=> melt, disappear
=> die down
=> collapse
=> fade, melt
=> subside, lessen
=> blur, dim, slur
=> pine away, waste, languish
=> dull
=> pall
=> loosen, relax, loose
=> slacken
=> slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
=> wilt
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb loose
Sense 1
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
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Sense 2
unleash, let loose, loose
=> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
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Sense 3
loosen, loose
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 4
loosen, relax, loose
=> weaken
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Grep of verb loose
break loose
let loose
loose
loose off
loosen
loosen up
unloose
Antonyms of adj loose
17 senses of loose
Sense 1
loose
INDIRECT (VIA free) -> unfree
Sense 2
loose (vs. compact)
compact (vs. loose)
=> clayey, cloggy, heavy
=> clay-like
=> close-packed
=> consolidated
=> dough-like
=> impacted, wedged
=> packed
=> serried
=> tight
Sense 3
loose
INDIRECT (VIA uncontrolled) -> controlled
Sense 4
loose (vs. tight)
tight (vs. loose)
=> binding, constricting
=> choky
=> clenched, clinched
=> close, snug, close-fitting
=> skintight, skin-tight
=> tight-fitting, tightly fitting, skinny
=> viselike
Sense 5
informal, loose
INDIRECT (VIA unofficial) -> official
Sense 6
free, loose, liberal
INDIRECT (VIA inexact) -> exact
Sense 7
lax, loose
INDIRECT (VIA unconstipated) -> constipated
Sense 8
unaffixed (vs. affixed), loose
Sense 9
loose, slack
INDIRECT (VIA lax) -> tense
Sense 10
loose, open
INDIRECT (VIA coarse) -> fine
Sense 11
loose
INDIRECT (VIA insecure) -> secure
Sense 12
idle, loose
INDIRECT (VIA irresponsible) -> responsible
Sense 13
loose
INDIRECT (VIA unpackaged) -> packaged
Sense 14
loose
INDIRECT (VIA phlegmy) -> dry
Sense 15
at large(predicate), escaped, loose, on the loose(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA free) -> unfree
Sense 16
easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
INDIRECT (VIA unchaste) -> chaste
Sense 17
loose
INDIRECT (VIA unbound) -> bound
Similarity of adj loose
17 senses of loose
Sense 1
loose
=> free (vs. unfree)
Sense 2
loose (vs. compact)
=> friable, light, sandy
=> shifting, unfirm
=> silty
=> unconsolidated
Sense 3
loose
=> uncontrolled (vs. controlled)
Sense 4
loose (vs. tight)
=> baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy
=> flyaway
Also See> lax#3
Sense 5
informal, loose
=> unofficial (vs. official)
Sense 6
free, loose, liberal
=> inexact (vs. exact)
Sense 7
lax, loose
=> unconstipated (vs. constipated), regular
Sense 8
unaffixed (vs. affixed), loose
Sense 9
loose, slack
=> lax (vs. tense)
Sense 10
loose, open
=> coarse (vs. fine), harsh
Sense 11
loose
=> insecure (vs. secure)
Sense 12
idle, loose
=> irresponsible (vs. responsible)
Sense 13
loose
=> unpackaged (vs. packaged)
Sense 14
loose
=> phlegmy (vs. dry)
Sense 15
at large(predicate), escaped, loose, on the loose(predicate)
=> free (vs. unfree)
Sense 16
easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
=> unchaste (vs. chaste)
Sense 17
loose
=> unbound (vs. bound)
Pertainyms of adj loose
Attributes of adj loose
Domain of adj loose
1 of 17 senses of loose
Sense 3
loose
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Domain Terms of adj loose
Familiarity of adj loose
loose used as an adjective is very familiar (polysemy count =17)
Grep of adj loose
footloose
loose
loose-fitting
loose-jointed
loose-jowled
looseleaf
loosely knit
loosened
on the loose
screw-loose
Antonyms of adv loose
Synonyms of adv loose
1 sense of loose
Sense 1
loose, free
Derived from adj loose (Sense 1)
=>loose
Pertainyms of adv loose
1 sense of loose
Sense 1
loose, free
Derived from adj loose (Sense 1)
=>loose
Domain of adv loose
Domain Terms of adv loose
Familiarity of adv loose
loose used as an adverb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adv loose
loose
loosely
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