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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Synonyms and related words:
- adrift adjective
- bendable adjective
- bendy adjective
- ductile adjective
- elastic adjective
- floppy adjective
- jointed adjective (BODY)
- loose-fitting adjective
- loosely adverb (NOT FIXED)
- loosely adverb (NOT TIGHT)
- looseness noun (NOT FIXED)
- slack noun (NOT TIGHT)
- slacken verb (LESS TIGHT)
- slackness noun (NOT TIGHT)
- sloppy adjective (LACKING CARE)
- springy adjective
- sprung adjective
- stretch noun (MAKE LONGER)
- stretchy adjective
- yield verb (BEND/BREAK)
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Flexible, loose and yielding
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