adj.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: loosed ; loos · ing
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 a : to let loose : RELEASE b : to free from restraint
2 : to make loose : UNTIE < loose a knot>
3 : to cast loose : DETACH
4 : to let fly : DISCHARGE
5 : to make less rigid, tight, or strict : RELAX
intransitive verb : to let fly a missile (as an arrow) : FIRE