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How to pronounce loose in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms open


a loose weave.
Type Words
Synonyms loosen
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types slack, slacken, unbend, relax, unscrew, remit


loosen the tension on a rope.
Type Words
Synonyms at large, escaped, on the loose


dogs loose on the streets.
criminals on the loose in the neighborhood.
Type Words
Synonyms lax
Derivation looseness


loose bowels.
Type Words
Synonyms free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen
Has types unspell, bail, bail out, parole, run, unchain
Type Words
Synonyms let loose, unleash
Type of release, let go, relinquish, let go of


let loose mines.
Type Words
Synonyms unaffixed
Derivation looseness


the stamp came loose.
Type Words
Synonyms free, liberal
Derivation looseness


a loose interpretation of what she had been told.
Type Words
Synonyms easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
Derivation looseness


he was told to avoid loose (or light) women.
Type Words
Synonyms slack
Derivation looseness


the old man's skin hung loose and grey.
Type Words
Synonyms free


cows in India are running loose.
Type Words
Synonyms loosen, relax
Type of weaken


The noose loosened.
Type Words
Synonyms idle
Derivation looseness


a loose tongue.
Type Words
Synonyms informal


a loose organization of the local farmers.
Type Words


a box of loose nails.
Type Words
Derivation looseness


loose gravel.
Type Words
Derivation looseness


loose clothing.
the large shoes were very loose.
Type Words


a loose ball.

Examples of loose

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As a result, it knocked loose the real revenue numbers for February and January.
From the techcrunch.com
He and his fellow designers come up with quirky challenges to try to stay loose.
From the online.wsj.com
The past several months have left local TV stations loose-toothed on the canvas.
From the businessweek.com
Fill this submarine-shaped tea infuser with loose leaves and steep in hot water.
From the businessweek.com
Keep it loose and put your finger on the side of the spool to but a break on it.
From the post-gazette.com
If they do not, they will loose the most intimate connection with the customers.
From the forbes.com
Cincinnati has knocked loose 18 turnovers, three times as many as Strong's team.
From the courier-journal.com
You lug it around all day, chucking in everything from receipts to loose change.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Much also rests on the availability of injured fellow loose forward Kieran Read.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Free: grant freedom to; free from confinement
  • Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
  • Without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
  • (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
  • Unleash: turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
  • Loosen: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
  • Loose is the eighth studio album by Japanese rock band B'z. The album sold 1,336,150 in its first week becoming the band's highest debut for a studio album and sold over 3,003,210 copies in total, becoming the band's highest selling studio album.
  • Loose is a 1972 album by the rock band Crazy Horse, the follow-up to their self-titled debut.
  • Infernal Love was the third major label album by the band Therapy? . It was released on June 12, 1995 on A&M Records. The album was recorded at Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire from January to March 1995.