loose

loose
LOOSE, LOOSEN, UNLOOSE
Глагол loose выступает, как правило, в значении 'отвязывать, развязывать': to loose a dog, to loose a knot. Loosen может взаимозаменяться с loose, однако чаще всего означает 'ослаблять, делать менее стянутым (натянутым)': to loosen a belt, to loosen a screw. Глаголы unloose и unloosen, имеющие отрицательный префикс ип-, совпадают по значению с loose: to unloose, to unloosen (to loose) a dog.

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  • Loose — Álbum de Nelly Furtado Grabación The Hit Factory and Cubejam (Miami, Florida); The Chill Building (Santa Monica, California); Henson Studios and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California); The Orange Lounge (Toronto, Canadá); 2005–2006 …   Wikipedia Español

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loose — [lo͞os] adj. looser, loosest [ME lous < ON lauss, akin to Ger los, OE leas: see LESS] 1. not confined or restrained; free; unbound 2. not put up in a special package, box, binding, etc. [loose salt] 3. readily available; not put away under… …   English World dictionary

  • loose — adj Loose, relaxed, slack, lax are comparable when meaning not tightly bound, held, restrained, or stretched. Loose is the widest of these terms in its range of application. It is referable, for example, to persons or things that are free from a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • loose — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not firmly or tightly fixed in place. 2) not held, tied, or packaged together. 3) not bound or tethered. 4) not fitting tightly or closely. 5) not dense or compact. 6) relaxed: her loose, easy stride. 7) careless an …   English terms dictionary

  • Loose — may refer to:;in music *Loose (album), a 2006 album by Nelly Furtado **Loose Mini DVD, a 2007 DVD by Nelly Furtado **Loose the Concert, a 2007 live DVD by Nelly Furtado *Loose (B z album), a 1995 album by B z *Loose (Stooges song), a 1970 song by …   Wikipedia

  • loose — lüs adj, loos·er; loos·est 1 a) not rigidly fastened or securely attached b ) (1) having worked partly free from attachments <a loose tooth> (2) having relative freedom of movement c) produced freely and accompanied by raising of mucus… …   Medical dictionary

  • Loose — (l[=oo]s), v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed} (l[=oo]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.] 1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. [1913 Webster] Canst thou …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loose — [adj1] not tight; unconstrained apart, asunder, at large, baggy, clear, detached, disconnected, easy, escaped, flabby, flaccid, floating, free, hanging, insecure, lax, liberated, limp, loosened, movable, not fitting, relaxed, released, separate,… …   New thesaurus

  • Loose — Loose, n. 1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. A letting go; discharge. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] {To give a loose}, to give freedom. [1913 Webster] Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. Addison. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Loose — Album par Nelly Furtado Sortie 12 juin 2006 …   Wikipédia en Français


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