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[Farrar <dochudkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

loose - adj. looser, loosest

1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose
bricks. 
2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a
loose chair leg. 
3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered:
criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are
loose on the streets. 
4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes. 
Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together:
loose papers. 
5. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure:
loose gravel. 
6. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;
idle: loose talk. 
7. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the
club. 
8. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual
behavior. 
9. Not literal or exact: a loose translation. 
10. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the
body: a loose cough; loose bowels.

adv. In a loose manner.

v. loosed, loosing, looses
v. tr.
1. To let loose; release: loosed the dogs. 
2. To make loose; undo: loosed his belt. 
3. To cast loose; detach: hikers loosing their packs
at camp. 
4. To let fly; discharge: loosed an arrow. 
5. To release pressure or obligation from; absolve:
loosed her from the responsibility. 
6. To make less strict; relax: a leader's strong
authority that was loosed by easy times. 

v. intr. 
1. To become loose.
2. To discharge a missile; fire.

Idiom: on the loose.
1. At large; free.
2. Acting in an uninhibited fashion.

Synonyms: lax, slack
Antonyms: tight

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lose
v. lost, losing, loses
v. tr.
1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of;
mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
2. a. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost
her art collection in the fire; lost her job. 
b. To be left alone or desolate because of the death
of: lost his wife. 
c. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost
very few patients.
3. To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost
his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by
changing his mind. 
4. To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the
court case. 
5. To fail to use or take advantage of: Don't lose a
chance to improve your position. 
6. To fail to hear, see, or understand: We lost the
plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking
about thermodynamics.
7. a. To let (oneself) become unable to find the way. 
b. To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into
a fantasy world.
8. To rid oneself of: lost five pounds. 
9. To consume aimlessly; waste: lost a week in idle
occupations. 
10. To wander from or become ignorant of: lose one's
way.
11. a. To elude or outdistance: lost their pursuers. 
b. To be outdistanced by: chased the thieves but lost
them.
12. To become slow by (a specified amount of time).
Used of a timepiece. 
13. To cause or result in the loss of: Failure to
reply to the advertisement lost her the job. 
14. To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the
passive: Both planes were lost in the crash. 
15. To cause to be damned.

v. intr.
1. To suffer loss. 
2. To be defeated. 
3. To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.

Phrasal verb: lose out
To fail to achieve or receive an expected gain.

Idioms:
lose it (slang)
1. To lose control; blow up.
2. To become deranged or mentally disturbed.
3. To become less capable or proficient; decline.

lose out on
To miss (an opportunity, for example).

lose time
1. To operate too slowly. Used of a timepiece.
2. To delay advancement.

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A little education never hurt anybody.

Farrar
(the loosed but not loose loser)

Conventionality is not morality; self-righteousness is not religion.





      
            
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