@mangeurdenuage loose
adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
[syn: {loose}, {free}]
adj 1: not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose
gravel" [ant: {compact}]
2: (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any
player; "a loose ball"
3: not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or
constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very
loose" [ant: {tight}]
4: not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal
agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" [syn:
{informal}, {loose}]
5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: {free},
{loose}, {liberal}]
6: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: {lax},
{loose}]
7: not affixed; "the stamp came loose" [syn: {unaffixed},
{loose}] [ant: {affixed}]
8: not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey";
"slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"
[syn: {loose}, {slack}]
9: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open
texture"; "a loose weave" [syn: {loose}, {open}]
10: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk";
"a loose tongue" [syn: {idle}, {loose}]
11: not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
12: 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" [syn: {at large(p)}, {escaped}, {loose}, {on
the loose(p)}]
13: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy
virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women";
"wanton behavior" [syn: {easy}, {light}, {loose},
{promiscuous}, {sluttish}, {wanton}]
v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: {free},
{liberate}, {release}, {unloose}, {unloosen}, {loose}]
[ant: {confine}, {detain}]
2: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose
terrible plagues upon humanity" [syn: {unleash}, {let loose},
{loose}]
3: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn:
{loosen}, {loose}] [ant: {stiffen}]
4: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened";
"the rope relaxed" [syn: {loosen}, {relax}, {loose}] [ant:
{stiffen}]



lose
v 1: fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either
physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse
when she left it unattended on her seat" [ant: {hold on},
{keep}]
2: fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" [ant:
{win}]
3: suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She
lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to
adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed
her"
4: place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I
misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: {misplace}, {mislay}, {lose}]
5: miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my
glasses again!" [ant: {find}, {regain}]
6: allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was
shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
7: fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to
profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad
investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first
year" [syn: {lose}, {turn a loss}] [ant: {break even},
{profit}, {turn a profit}]
8: fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a
year abroad" [ant: {acquire}, {gain}, {win}]
9: retreat [syn: {fall back}, {lose}, {drop off}, {fall behind},
{recede}] [ant: {advance}, {gain}, {gain ground}, {get
ahead}, {make headway}, {pull ahead}, {win}]
10: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I
missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part
of what he said" [syn: {miss}, {lose}]
11: be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in
translation" [syn: {suffer}, {lose}]