Looseness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|luːs|
Brit.
|ˈluːsnəs|
noun
- frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor (syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea)
- freedom from restraint
- movement or space for movement (syn: play)
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure (syn: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, profligacy)
- freedom from restraint
the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made
- a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practicemisunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression
- the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints- movement or space for movement (syn: play)
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure (syn: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, profligacy)
Extra examples
Some of the shingles on the roof were loose.
The rope was tied in a loose knot.
The nails had been pried loose.
Some of the shingles had come loose.
The boat came loose from its moorings and floated out into the harbor.
The ball popped loose from the shortstop's glove.
She was wearing a loose dress.
The dog was wandering loose in the streets.
The soldiers loosed a volley of rifle fire.
...the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them...
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