How to pronounce “loose”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
• (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
• (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
• (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
• (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
• (obsolete) To set sail.
• (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
• [Adjective]
• Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
• Not held or packaged together.
• Not under control.
• Not fitting closely.
• Not compact.
• Relaxed.
• Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
• Indiscreet.
• (somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
• (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
• (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
• (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
• (US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer.
• [Noun]
• (archery) The release of an arrow.
• (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
• (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
• Freedom from restraint.
• A letting go; discharge.
• [Interjection]
• (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows

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