Crossword clues for looser
looser
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. Looser (l[=oo]s"[~e]r); superl. Loosest.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le['a]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l["o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127. See Lose, and cf. Leasing falsehood.]
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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
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Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of.
Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?
--Addison. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
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Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
With horse and chariots ranked in loose array.
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Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.
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Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
The loose morality which he had learned.
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Unconnected; rambling.
Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages.
--I. Watts. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
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Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
Loose ladies in delight.
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Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
--Dryden.At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed.
Fast and loose. See under Fast.
To break loose. See under Break.
Loose pulley. (Mach.) See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast.
To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. (en-comparative of: loose) Etymology 2
n. (misspelling of loser English)
Wikipedia
Looser may refer to:
- Gualterio Looser (1898–1982), Chilean botanist and engineer of Swiss parentage
- Looser coupling, in computing and systems design a loosely coupled system
Usage examples of "looser".
After that, I wore my ordinary clothes, which were actually much looser and more comfortable for such a journey.
The lean meat of hares did not satisfy me, and if my clothes hung a bit looser on me for a few days, I attributed it to my diet.
That had put him back on the lead lap, but his car was looser than a three-wheeled go-kart and he was having a hell of a time holding on.
Martinez had replaced a close rigid formation with, in effect, a looser but still rigid formation.
Even though the firing had been simulated, they seemed to suggest that the looser, flexible formation gave a decided advantage to the side that used it.
Chenforce also employed the new looser tactical formations that Martinez had developed, and with apparent success.
It had more trouble and was a lot looser than the south, which had tended to be very conservative overall, but it was more fun to him.
The outfit showed such small breasts that they would be totally concealed with anything looser fitting, but her figure was firmly curved and athletic.
He was dressed in correct fashion, save that his hair was a trifle longer, his coat a trifle fuller, his hat a trifle larger, his tie a trifle looser than they were worn by most.
You pull here and it gets a little tighter in some places and a little looser in others.
Besides the bluish deposit Ken had noted on the metal, which he was now able to show contained oxides, there was a looser encrustation in several more protected spots which gave a definite potassium spectrumone of the few that Ken could readily recognizeand also a distinct odor of carbon bisulfide when heated.
Thanks to the war, things were looser these days than they ever had been.