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loose
adjective (NOT FIXED) /luːs/Definition
B2 not firmly fixed in place: There were some loose wires hanging out of the wall. The nails in the bridge had worked themselves loose. The prisoners were so thin that their skin hung loose.Flexible, loose and yieldingSeparateness and isolation in spaceAlone B2 describes hair that is not tied back: Her hair was hanging loose about her shoulders.HairdressingHairstyles › describes things that are not fixed or held together or to anything else: A few loose sheets of paper were lying around.Separateness and isolation in spaceAlone
(Definition of loose adjective (NOT FIXED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Separateness and isolation in space
Synonyms and related words:
- apart adverb (SEPARATED)
- away adverb (INTO PLACE)
- away adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE)
- bitty adjective
- clear adverb
- cloistered adjective (SEPARATE)
- detached adjective (SEPARATE)
- disconnected adjective
- divorced adjective (SUBJECTS)
- freely adverb (ABLE TO MOVE EASILY)
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed adjective
- isolated adjective
- loosely adverb (NOT FIXED)
- parted adjective
- privacy noun
- private adjective (PERSONAL)
- purdah noun
- unattached adjective (NOT CONNECTED)
- uninhabited adjective
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