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Loose [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not fastened or confined; as the loose sheets of a book.

2. Not tight or close; as a loose garment.

3. Not crowded; not close or compact.

4. With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array.

5. Not dense, close or compact; as a cloth or fossil of loose texture.

6. Not close; not concise; lax; as a loose and diffuse style.

7. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as a loose way of reasoning.

8. Not strict or rigid; as a loose observance of rites.

9. Unconnected; rambling; as a loose indigested play.

10. Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages.

11. Of lax bowels.

12. Unengaged; not attached or enslaved.

13. Their prevailing principle is, to sit as loose from pleasures, and be as moderate in the use of them as they can.

14. Disengaged; free from obligation; with from or of.

15. Now I stand loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thought? [Little used.]

16. Wanton; unrestrained in behavior; dissolute; unchaste; as a loose man or woman.

17. Containing unchaste language; as a loose epistle.

18. To break loose to escape from confinement; to gain liberty by violence.

19. To let loose to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.

Loose [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Freedom from restraint; liberty.

2. Come, give thy soul a loose

3. Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.

4. We use this word only in the phrase, give a loose The following use of it, 'he runs with an unbounded loose ' is obsolete.

Loose [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To set sail; to leave a port or harbor.

2. Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga, in Pamphylia. Acts 13:13 .

Loose [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. loos. [Gr.; Heb.]

2. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening.

3. Canst thou loose the bands of Orion? Job 38:31 .

4. Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them to me. Matthew 21:2 .

5. To relax.

6. The joints of his loins were loosed. Daniel 5:6 .

7. To release from imprisonment; to liberate; to set at liberty.

8. The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed. Isaiah 51:14 .

9. To free from obligation.

10. Art thou loosed from a wife? see not a wife. 1 Corinthians 7:27 .

11. To free from any thing that binds or shackles; as a man loosed from lust and pelf.

12. To relieve; to free from any thing burdensome or afflictive.

13. Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. Acts 13:13 .

14. To disengage; to detach; as, to loose one's hold.

15. To put off.

16. LOOSE thy shoe from off thy foot. Joshua 5:15 .

17. To open.

18. Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? Revelation 5:2 .

19. To remit; to absolve.

20. Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19 .

Loose [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

4. To solve; to interpret.

Loose [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Freedom from restraint.

2. A letting go; discharge.

Loose [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.

3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.

4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

7. Unconnected; rambling.

8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.

9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.

Loose [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To set sail.

Loosed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Untied; unbound; freed from restraint.

Loosed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Loosely [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. loos'ly.

2. Not fast; not firmly; that may be easily disengaged; as things loosely tied or connected.

3. Without confinement.

4. Her golden locks for haste were loosely shed about her ears.

5. Without union or connection.

6. Part loosely wing the region.

7. Irregularly; not with the usual restraints.

8. A bishop living loosely was charged that his conversation was not according to the apostle's lives.

9. Negligently; carelessly; heedlessly; as a mind loosely employed.

10. Meanly; slightly.

11. A prince should not be so loosely studied, as to remember so weak a composition.

12. Wantonly; dissolutely; unchastely.

Loosely [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a loose manner.

Loosen [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To become loose; to become less tight, firm or compact.

Loosen [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. loos'n. [from loose.]

2. To free from tightness, tension, firmness or fixedness; as, to loosen a string when tied, or a knot; to loosen a joint; to loosen a rock in the earth.

3. To render less dense or compact; as, to loosen the earth about the roots of a tree.

4. To free from restraint.

5. It loosens his hands and assists his understanding.

6. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase alvine discharges.

7. Fear looseneth the belly.

Loosen [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.

Loosen [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.

2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..

3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.

Loosened [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Freed from tightness or fixedness; rendered loose.

Loosened [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Loosener [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, loosens.

Looseness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. loos'ness.

2. The state of being loose or relaxed; a state opposite to that of being tight, fast, fixed or compact; as the looseness of a cord; the looseness of a robe; the looseness of the skin; the looseness of earth, or of the texture of cloth.

3. The state opposite to rigor or rigidness; laxity; levity; as looseness of morals or of principles.

4. Irregularity; habitual deviation from strict rules; as looseness of life.

5. Habitual lewdness; unchastity.

6. Flux from the bowels; diarrhaea.

Looseness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

Loosening [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Freeing from tightness, tension or fixedness; rendering less compact.

Loosening [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Loosestrife [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

loos'strife. In botany, the name of several species of plants, of the genera Lysimachia, Epilobium, Lythrum, and Gaura.

Loosestrife [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color.

2. Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers.

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Genesis 49:21

Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

Exodus 28:28

And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.

Exodus 39:21

And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 13:45

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

Leviticus 14:7

And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.

Leviticus 21:10

And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

Deuteronomy 25:9

Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.

his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

Deuteronomy 25:10

And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

Joshua 5:15

And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Judges 15:14

And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

Job 6:9

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

Job 12:18

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

Job 30:11

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

Job 30:15

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Job 38:31

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

Job 39:5

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Psalms 102:20

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

Psalms 105:20

The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

Psalms 116:16

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

Psalms 146:7

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,