loose

About 18.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To let loose, to free from restraints.
2. verb To unfasten, to loosen.
3. verb To make less tight, to loosen.
4. verb Of a grip or hold, to let go.
5. verb To shoot (an arrow).
6. verb To set sail.
7. verb To solve; to interpret.
8. adjective Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

   This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.

Similar words

let loose unleash release unloose loosen liberate escaped flyaway relax slack

Often followed by

and from in ends on the to with or

Word family

loosed looseness loosenesses looser looses loosest loosing