loose
To free from restraints.
Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
"Ay, and one was nigh to being slain by the hot-pot to be eaten of those brutes, thy children, and had not the others fought gallantly they too had been slain, and not even I could have called back the life which had been loosed from the body."
When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. The captive made no resistance […].
(obsolete) To set sail.
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
(obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
Not held or packaged together.
Not under control.
Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts?
Not fitting closely.
Not compact.
with horse and chariots ranked in loose array
Relaxed.
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
Indiscreet.
(somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
the loose morality which he had learned
(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.
(archery) The release of an arrow.
(obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions.
(rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
Freedom from restraint.
Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]
A letting go; discharge.
(archery) Begin shooting; release your arrows.
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