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Meanings of loose in English

Portuguese
liberar
Catalan
alliberar
Spanish
liberar

To give freedom; to release from confinement or restraint.

    liberar
    Portuguese
    sossegar
    Catalan
    afluixar
    Spanish
    aflojar

    Become loose or looser or less tight.

        sossegar
        Portuguese
        solto
        Spanish
        flojo

        Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement.

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              solto
              Spanish
              flojo

              Not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting.

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                  flojo
                  Usage of loose in English
                  1
                  Consider our work with former Soviet states to secure loose nuclear material.
                  The Guardian
                  2
                  Read: New law banning loose cigarette sales hurts spaza shops and hawkers
                  The South African
                  3
                  Tufts loose; ovicell small in proportion to the size of the cells.
                  Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the ...
                  4
                  In fact today it was very loose: almost ready to fall off.
                  Complete Books of Blood
                  5
                  Dow's solution involves cutting loose Greece and Portugal, and probably Ireland too.
                  Reuters
                  6
                  Which means the virus was already loose in the New York community.
                  News.com.au
                  7
                  Just let that fold happen right there where the loose part is.
                  Wired
                  8
                  When credit conditions are loose, even the weakest companies can find funding.
                  Reuters
                  9
                  Æsop is running loose in the woods; he is after a hare.
                  Pan
                  10
                  There would be quite a few loose ends to clear up, actually.
                  Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
                  11
                  The men wore loose robes of gray; the women robes of blue.
                  The Girl in the Golden Atom
                  12
                  Board's been loose since Red Foley bought that dock thirty years ago.
                  Patrick's destiny
                  13
                  The prognosis on loose-head Nick Popplewell is a good deal more encouraging.
                  The Irish Times
                  14
                  He was thinking of the wolves and panthers loose in the woods.
                  Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
                  15
                  Slides are meant to be a bit loose; for me they work.
                  NY Magazine
                  16
                  Pompey let loose six hundred lions in the arena in one day.
                  The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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