: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:09 am
Loose=
1. superl. - Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
2. superl. - Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
3. superl. - Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
4. superl. - Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
5. superl. - Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
6. superl. - Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
7. superl. - Unconnected; rambling.
8. superl. - Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
9. superl. - Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
10. superl. - Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
11. Noun - Freedom from restraint.
12. Noun - A letting go; discharge.
13. a. - To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
14. a. - To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
15. a. - To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
16. a. - To solve; to interpret.
17. v. i. - To set sail.
Lose =
1. v. t. - To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
2. v. t. - To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.
3. v. t. - Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste;ander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
4. v. t. - To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
5. v. t. - To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
6. v. t. - To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
7. v. t. - To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
8. v. t. - To cause to part with; to deprive of.
9. v. t. - To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
10. v. i. - To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
