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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “let loose”",
"word": "bind"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “let loose”",
"word": "constrain"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “unfasten”",
"word": "bind"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “unfasten”",
"word": "fasten"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “unfasten”",
"word": "tie"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “make less tight”",
"word": "tighten"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “of grip or hold”",
"word": "tighten"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “archery”",
"word": "fast"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "loose off"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "loose up"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "loos"
},
"expansion": "Middle English loos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "lauss",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Old Norse lauss",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*lausaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lausaz",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewh₁-",
"4": "",
"5": "to untie, set free, separate"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "looses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "loosing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "loosed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "loosed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "loose (third-person singular simple present looses, present participle loosing, simple past and past participle loosed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 11:2:",
"text": "Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
"text": "\"Ay, and one was nigh to being slain by the hot-pot to be eaten of those brutes, thy children, and had not the others fought gallantly they too had been slain, and not even I could have called back the life which had been loosed from the body.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To let loose, to free from restraints."
],
"id": "en-loose-en-verb-CR-JK1Lq",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "76 4 3 11 1 4 1",
"sense": "let loose",
"word": "free"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 4 3 11 1 4 1",
"sense": "let loose",
"word": "release"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osvoboždavam",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "освобождавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "deslligar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "loslaten"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "verlossen"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "irrottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "päästää"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "ceibar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "lösen"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lúō",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "λύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "scaoil"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "scaoil amach"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "desligar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "liberar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "libertar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osvoboždátʹ",
"sense": "to let loose",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "освобожда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osvobodítʹ",
"sense": "to let loose",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "освободи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvjázyvatʹ",
"sense": "to let loose",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отвя́зывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvjazátʹ",
"sense": "to let loose",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отвяза́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "desatar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "liberar"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "lossa"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 3 2 15 1 11 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tyajiñcu",
"sense": "to let loose",
"word": "త్యజించు"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To unfasten, to loosen."
],
"id": "en-loose-en-verb-GiQL85XA",
"links": [
[
"unfasten",
"unfasten"
],
[
"loosen",
"loosen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To unfasten, to loosen."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "7 59 16 8 0 7 3",
"sense": "unfasten",
"word": "loosen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 59 16 8 0 7 3",
"sense": "unfasten",
"word": "unbind"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 59 16 8 0 7 3",
"sense": "unfasten",
"word": "undo"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 59 16 8 0 7 3",
"sense": "unfasten",
"word": "unfasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 59 16 8 0 7 3",
"sense": "unfasten",
"word": "untie"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razvǎrzvam",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "развързвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "descordar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "losmaken"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "irrottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "défaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "desamarrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "lösen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lúō",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "λύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "scaoil"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "disfare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "desamarrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "dezlega"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslabljátʹ",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ослабля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslábitʹ",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "осла́бить"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvjázyvatʹ",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "развя́зывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvjazátʹ",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "развяза́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasstjógivatʹ",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расстёгивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasstegnútʹ",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "расстегну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "desabrochar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "desamarrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 64 15 7 0 6 2",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nidānimpajēyu",
"sense": "to unfasten",
"word": "నిదానింపజేయు"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To make less tight, to loosen."
],
"id": "en-loose-en-verb-RwBKAbWr",
"links": [
[
"loosen",
"loosen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make less tight, to loosen."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "5 3 82 3 0 5 3",
"sense": "make less tight",
"word": "loosen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 82 3 0 5 3",
"sense": "make less tight",
"word": "relax"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 82 3 0 5 3",
"sense": "make less tight",
"word": "slacken"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razhlabvam",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "разхлабвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "afluixar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "löysätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "höllätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "afrouxar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "lockern"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lúō",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "λύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "scaoil"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "tangatanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "tūtangatanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "afrouxar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslabljátʹ",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ослабля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslábitʹ",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "осла́бить"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "aflojar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 1 85 3 0 4 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vadulu cēyu",
"sense": "to make less tight",
"word": "వదులు చేయు"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Of a grip or hold, to let go."
],
"id": "en-loose-en-verb-ivhTQfqe",
"links": [
[
"let go",
"let go"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0 0",
"sense": "of grip or hold",
"word": "let go"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0 0 0",
"sense": "of grip or hold",
"word": "release"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "puskam",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "пускам"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "alliberar"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "loslaten"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "päästää irti"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "ceibar"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "loslassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "missa"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "sleppa"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to let go",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "fyrirgjöra"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "scaoil"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to let go",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "puścić"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to let go",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "puszczać"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otpuskátʹ",
"sense": "to let go",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отпуска́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otpustítʹ",
"sense": "to let go",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отпусти́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 3 2 58 1 11 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "anumatiñcu",
"sense": "to let go",
"word": "అనుమతించు"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Archery",
"orig": "en:Archery",
"parents": [
"Sports",
"Weapons",
"Human activity",
"Hunting",
"Military",
"Tools",
"Human behaviour",
"Society",
"Technology",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shoot (an arrow)."
],
"id": "en-loose-en-verb-CzoUR~8p",
"links": [
[
"archery",
"archery"
],
[
"shoot",
"shoot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archery) To shoot (an arrow)."
],
"topics": [
"archery",
"government",
"hobbies",
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},
{
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{
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},
{
"_dis": "5 4 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 1 4 2 4 2 1 8 0 11 7 1 1 5 2 16 1",
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},
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"_dis": "5 4 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 1 4 2 3 2 1 8 0 11 7 1 1 5 2 16 1",
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{
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{
"_dis": "5 4 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 0 4 2 3 2 1 7 0 10 7 1 1 5 2 19 1",
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{
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},
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{
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
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"_dis": "4 4 3 4 4 2 3 0 3 2 3 1 4 2 3 1 1 8 0 12 8 1 1 6 2 18 1",
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},
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"_dis": "5 4 4 5 4 2 4 0 4 3 4 1 6 2 4 3 1 6 1 8 6 1 1 4 3 12 2",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:13:",
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{
"ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
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[
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"sports",
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics",
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"politics",
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"lifestyle"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "loose socks"
},
{
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"word": "loose tongue"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "loose-tongued"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "loose woman"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "on the loose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "play fast and loose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "screw loose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "set loose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sit loose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stay loose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "talk fast and loose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tie up loose ends"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "turn loose"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "loos"
},
"expansion": "Middle English loos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "lauss",
"4": ""
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewh₁-",
"4": "",
"5": "to untie, set free, separate"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "looser",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"superlative"
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}
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}
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:loose",
"word": "ultraloose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:loose",
"word": "sandish"
},
{
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"word": "shattery"
}
],
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{
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"word": "rickety"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"tags": [
"not connected to or attached"
],
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}
],
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Not fixed in place tightly or firmly."
],
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[
"fixed",
"fixed"
],
[
"tightly",
"tightly"
],
[
"firmly",
"firmly"
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{
"_dis1": "50 6 7 7 7 0 6 0 0 6 6 1 2 1",
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},
{
"_dis1": "21 11 10 11 11 4 10 0 1 9 9 1 2 1",
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"word": "free"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 11 10 11 11 4 10 0 1 9 9 1 2 1",
"sense": "not bound or tethered or leashed",
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "faḍfāḍ",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "فَضْفَاض"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arjak",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "արձակ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arjakvac",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "արձակված"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "mahiwas"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nezakrepen",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "незакрепен"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nezavǎrzan",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "незавързан"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "fluix"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sung¹",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "鬆 /松"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sōngdòng",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "鬆動 /松动"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sōngchí",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "鬆弛 /松弛"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volný"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "los"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "loza"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lõtv"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "löysä"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "irti"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lâche"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "mal fixé"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "frouxo"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "solto"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lose"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "locker"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chalarós",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαλαρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khalarós",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "χαλαρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "laza"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "höbliä"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "höblä"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "höbliäin"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "scaoilte"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "scaoilteach"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "sciolto"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yurunda",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "緩んだ"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tǖkāngkāng"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tǖlāilàih"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔɔrɔlung",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "រលុង"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heolleonghada",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "헐렁하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "şil",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "شل"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "sist"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "solūtus"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "longgar"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tangatanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tatere"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "kaupe"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "hāngengangenga"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "takō"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tāwēwē"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "sail",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "सैल"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "løs"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "flus"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gevşek",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "گوشك"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "laq",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "لق"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "harz",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "هرز"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "looss"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "luźny"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frouxo"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solto"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprivjázannyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "непривя́занный"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprikrepljónnyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "неприкреплённый"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvjázannyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "развя́занный"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of hair",
"roman": "raspúščennyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "распу́щенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "sgaoilte"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "flojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "suelto"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desajustado"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aflojado"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lös"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gaṭṭigā bigiñcani",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "గట్టిగా బిగించని"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lǔuam",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "หลวม"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "gevşek"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 10 11 11 12 0 10 0 0 9 10 0 0 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "rộng"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neopakovan",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "неопакован"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "los"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "irtonainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "irto-"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "à la pièce"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "lose"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chýma",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "χύμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "kimérve/súlyra kapható"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "lédig"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "csomagolatlan"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "ömlesztett"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "sciolto"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "sfuso"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "løs"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 13 11 11 11 1 10 0 1 9 10 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
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"text": "You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.",
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"text": "The dog is loose again.",
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"ref": "2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "The very idea of a machine set loose to slaughter is chilling.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene v, page 4:",
"text": "Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts?",
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"text": "It is difficult walking on loose gravel.",
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},
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"text": "a cloth of loose texture",
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{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "with horse and chariots ranked in loose array",
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{
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"ref": "1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I:",
"text": "In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 5:",
"text": "to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:",
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "promiscuous",
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{
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{
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"sense": "promiscuous",
"word": "tarau makere"
},
{
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},
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{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"ref": "2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Tomas Rosicky released the left-back with a fine pass but his low cross was cut out by Ivan Marcano. However the Brazilian was able to collect the loose ball, cut inside and roll a right-footed effort past Franco Costanzo at his near post.",
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{
"ref": "1693, [John Locke], “(please specify the section number)”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
[
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"lax"
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],
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"(dated) Not costive; having lax bowels."
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"word": "a few roos loose in the top paddock"
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"word": "loose fish"
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"word": "loose-handedly"
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"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I:",
"text": "In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.",
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"ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 5:",
"text": "to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight",
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"ref": "1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Tomas Rosicky released the left-back with a fine pass but his low cross was cut out by Ivan Marcano. However the Brazilian was able to collect the loose ball, cut inside and roll a right-footed effort past Franco Costanzo at his near post.",
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[
"motor racing",
"motor racing"
],
[
"stock car",
"stock car"
],
[
"oversteer",
"oversteer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a stock car"
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"motor-racing",
"racing",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English vulgarities"
],
"glosses": [
"Of either a woman's anus or vagina, abnormally wide after multiple penetrations due to having had sexual intercourse multiple times."
],
"links": [
[
"anus",
"anus"
],
[
"vagina",
"vagina"
],
[
"penetration",
"penetration"
],
[
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual intercourse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, vulgar) Of either a woman's anus or vagina, abnormally wide after multiple penetrations due to having had sexual intercourse multiple times."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "lo͞os"
},
{
"ipa": "/luːs/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-loose.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/En-us-loose.ogg/En-us-loose.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/En-us-loose.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlʉs/",
"tags": [
"Northern-Ireland",
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːs"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "not fixed in place tightly or firmly",
"word": "unfastened"
},
{
"word": "unsecured"
},
{
"sense": "not held or packaged together",
"word": "separate"
},
{
"sense": "not held or packaged together",
"word": "unpackaged"
},
{
"sense": "not bound or tethered or leashed",
"word": "free"
},
{
"sense": "not bound or tethered or leashed",
"word": "untethered"
},
{
"sense": "not fitting closely",
"word": "baggy"
},
{
"word": "loose-fitting"
},
{
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "diffuse"
},
{
"word": "spaced out"
},
{
"word": "diffuse"
},
{
"sense": "relaxed",
"word": "loose-limbed"
},
{
"word": "relaxed"
},
{
"word": "carefree"
},
{
"sense": "indiscreet",
"word": "indiscreet"
},
{
"sense": "promiscuous",
"word": "promiscuous"
},
{
"word": "slutty"
},
{
"word": "tarty"
},
{
"word": "whorish"
},
{
"word": "promiscuous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:loose",
"word": "loose"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:loose",
"word": "unstapled"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "faḍfāḍ",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "فَضْفَاض"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arjak",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "արձակ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arjakvac",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "արձակված"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "mahiwas"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nezakrepen",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "незакрепен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nezavǎrzan",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "незавързан"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "fluix"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sung¹",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "鬆 /松"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sōngdòng",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "鬆動 /松动"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sōngchí",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "鬆弛 /松弛"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "los"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "loza"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lõtv"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "löysä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "irti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lâche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "mal fixé"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "frouxo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "solto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lose"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "locker"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chalarós",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαλαρός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khalarós",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "χαλαρός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "laza"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "höbliä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "höblä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "höbliäin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "scaoilte"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "scaoilteach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "sciolto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yurunda",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "緩んだ"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tǖkāngkāng"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tǖlāilàih"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔɔrɔlung",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "រលុង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heolleonghada",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "헐렁하다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "şil",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "شل"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "sist"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "solūtus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "longgar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tangatanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tangatanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tatere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "kaupe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "hāngengangenga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "takō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "tāwēwē"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "sail",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "सैल"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "løs"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "flus"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gevşek",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "گوشك"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "laq",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "لق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "harz",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "هرز"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "looss"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "luźny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frouxo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprivjázannyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "непривя́занный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprikrepljónnyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "неприкреплённый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvjázannyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "развя́занный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of hair",
"roman": "raspúščennyj",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "распу́щенный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "sgaoilte"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "flojo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "suelto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desajustado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aflojado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "lös"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gaṭṭigā bigiñcani",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "గట్టిగా బిగించని"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lǔuam",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "หลวม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "gevşek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not fixed tightly",
"word": "rộng"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neopakovan",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "неопакован"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "los"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "irtonainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "irto-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "à la pièce"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "lose"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chýma",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "χύμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "kimérve/súlyra kapható"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "lédig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "csomagolatlan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "ömlesztett"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "sciolto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "sfuso"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "løs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "luzem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not packaged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desembalado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neupakóvannyj",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "неупако́ванный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not packaged",
"word": "suelto"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "şalaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "gen"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hlabav",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "хлабав"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落落"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "ruim"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "väljä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "avara"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"tags": [
"Quebec",
"slang"
],
"word": "lousse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "ample"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "pas serré"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "evrýchoros",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ευρύχωρος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khalarós",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "χαλαρός"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "scaoilte"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "şil",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "شل"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "fireh"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "laxus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "tangatanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "ango"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "mahaki"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "løs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "løs"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "laus"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gošâd",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "گشاد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "luźny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frouxo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "largo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostórnyj",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "просто́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "širókij",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "широ́кий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svobódnyj",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "свобо́дный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "sgaoilte"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gaṭṭigā kaṭṭani",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "గట్టిగా కట్టని"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lǔuam",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "หลวม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "bol"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vilʹnyj",
"sense": "not fitting tightly",
"word": "вільний"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rohkav",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "рохкав"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "fluix"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not compact",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sypký"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "los"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "mul"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "irtonainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "irto-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "mal fixé"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "meuble"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "solto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "scaoilte"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "sciolto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "slegato"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "løs"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sost",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "سست"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not compact",
"word": "sypki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not compact",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"text": "And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […]",
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"text": "[W]e went to the Chetto de san Felice, to see the noblemen and their ladies at Basset, a game at cards which is much used, but they play not in public, and all that have inclination to it are in masquerade, without speaking one word, and so they come in, play, loose or gaine, and go away as they please.",
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"text": "And ſince the Law would not ſuſtain Action for it, at the gainers inſtance againſt the Debitor who looſed it, much leſſe ſhould it ſuſtain a Diſpoſition for payment of it againſt the Creditors, and yet this may be ſaid to be an onerous cauſe; for the looſer hazarded as much of his own, againſt what he gained, and ſo this Game was but the return of his Money: […]",
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[…], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:\", \"text\": \"with horse and chariots ranked in loose array\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"Not compact.\"], \"links\": [[\"compact\", \"compact\"]]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"She danced with a loose flowing movement.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"Relaxed.\"], \"links\": [[\"Relaxed\", \"relaxed\"]]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\", \"Quotation templates to be cleaned\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"a loose way of reasoning\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"ref\": \"1858, William Whewell, The history of scientific ideas:\", \"text\": \"The comparison employed […] must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"Loose talk costs lives.\", \"type\": \"example\"}], \"glosses\": [\"Indiscreet.\"], \"links\": [[\"Indiscreet\", \"indiscreet#English\"]]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"Quotation templates to be cleaned\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I:\", \"text\": \"In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. 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[…], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:\", \"text\": \"the loose morality which he had learned\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.\"], \"links\": [[\"immoral\", \"immoral\"], [\"unchaste\", \"unchaste\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.\"], \"tags\": [\"dated\"]}, {\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\", \"en:Sports\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"text\": \"The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"ref\": \"2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:\", \"text\": \"Tomas Rosicky released the left-back with a fine pass but his low cross was cut out by Ivan Marcano. 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