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1. loose
adjective. ['ˈluːs'] (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player.
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Etymology
- lauss (Old Norse)
Rhymes with Loose
- reintroduce
- overproduce
- reproduce
- introduce
- disabuse
- profuse
- excuse
- chartreuse
- abstruse
- vanhoose
- recluse
- produce
- misuse
- disuse
- diffuse
- spruce
- seduce
- reuse
- reduce
- obtuse
- lajous
- labouisse
- induce
- deduce
- damoose
- caboose
- asmus
- abuse
- tyus
- truce
How do you pronounce loose?
Pronounce loose as lus.
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UK - How to pronounce loose in British English
Sentences with loose
1. Adjective
Place the tip of your tiny screwdriver on a screw pin that is loose.
2. Adverb
The problem with braided rugs is that the threads connecting the braids do work loose from time to time.
Quotes about loose
1. Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship.
- Laura Riding
2. Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
- Herman Melville
3. And I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose on the wind.
- Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
2. loose-jowled
adjective. having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.
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4. loose
adjective. ['ˈluːs'] not compact or dense in structure or arrangement.
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Etymology
- lauss (Old Norse)
6. loose
adjective. ['ˈluːs'] not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting.
Etymology
- lauss (Old Norse)
8. loose
adjective. ['ˈluːs'] not officially recognized or controlled.
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Etymology
- lauss (Old Norse)
