HANG / STAY LOOSE

Meaning of HANG / STAY LOOSE in English

( informal , especially NAmE ) to remain calm; to not worry :

It's OK—hang loose and stay cool.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

STAY — I. ˈstā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English stey, stay, from Old English stæg; akin to Middle Low German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOSE — I. ˈlüs adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English loos, lous, from Old Norse lauss loose, free — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ, ˈhaiŋ sometimes ˈheŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ; hung also hanged ; hanging ; hangs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or …
Английский словарь Webster
STAY — stay 1 /stay/ , v. , stayed or staid, staying , n. v.i. 1. to spend some time in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOSE — — loosely , adv. — looseness , n. /loohs/ , adj., looser, loosest , adv. , v. loosed, loosing . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — — hangable , adj. — hangability , n. /hang/ , v. , hung or ( esp. for 4, 5, 20, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STAY — I. ˈstā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stæg; akin to Old Norse stag stay Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOSE — I. ˈlüs adjective ( loos·er ; loos·est ) Etymology: Middle English lous, from Old Norse lauss; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ˈhaŋd ; hang·ing ˈhaŋ-iŋ) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAY — noun hindrance; let; check. 2. stay ·vi to continue in a state. 3. stay ·vi to change tack; as a …
Webster English vocab
LOOSE — vi to set sail. 2. loose ·noun freedom from restraint. 3. loose ·noun a letting go; discharge. 4. loose ·superl …
Webster English vocab
HANG — noun a sharp or steep declivity or slope. 2. hang ·vi to slope down; as, hanging grounds. 3. hang ·vi …
Webster English vocab
STAY — [stay] n [ME, fr. OE staeg; akin to ON stag stay, OE stele steel] (bef. 12c) 1: a large strong …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOOSE — [loose] adj loos.er ; loos.est [ME lous, fr. ON lauss; akin to OHG los loose--more at -less] (13c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANG — [hang] vb hung also hanged ; hang.ing [partly fr. ME hon, fr. OE hon, v.t.; partly fr. ME hangen, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOOSE — loose BrE AmE luːs ▷ loosed luːst ▷ looser ˈluːs ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ looses ˈluːs ɪz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STAY — / steɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to continue to be in a particular place for a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — / hæŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hung , hung / hʌŋ; NAmE / HELP NOTE : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAY — I. stay 1 S1 W1 /steɪ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: ester 'to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOSE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG — I. hang 1 S1 W2 /hæŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STAY — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. continue to be in the same place or condition; not depart or change (stay …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STAY — v. & n. v. 1 intr. continue to be in the same place or condition; not depart or change (stay …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HANG — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STAY — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. intr. continue to be in the same place or condition; not depart or change …
Oxford English vocab
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Oxford English vocab
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1. tr. a secure or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
STAY — ( stays, staying, stayed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — ( hangs, hanging, hung, hanged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hospital stay (= the period someone spends in hospital ) ▪ New surgical …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) ▪ All …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOSE — (NOT FIXED) [adjective] -r, -st - not firmly fixed in placeThere were some loose wires hanging out of the wall.I'd …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOSE — Synonyms and related words : Bohemian, Paphian, abandoned, abate, absonant, adrift, affable, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, aid, aimless, aleatoric, aleatory, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — Synonyms and related words : act in concert, adhere, all depend, and quarter, art, aspire, associate with, attach, bag, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Slang English vocab
LOOSE — adj. hang loose loose lipped loose tongued
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — n. hang on hang upon hang around hang loose hang out hang up well hung
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOSE — I. adjective 1. not tightly bound, held, restrained, or stretched loose rope Synonyms: lax, relaxed, slack Related Word: detached, free; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — verb ADVERB ▪ limply , loosely ▪ He had lost weight and the suit hung loosely on him. ▪ uselessly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STAY — INDEX: 1. to stay in a place and not leave it 2. to stay in the same job, school etc …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOSE — adj. 25B6; adjective a loose floorboard : NOT FIXED IN PLACE, not secure, unsecured, unattached; detached, unfastened; wobbly, unsteady, movable. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — n. 25B6; verb lights hung from the trees : BE SUSPENDED, hang down, be pendent, dangle, swing, sway; archaic depend. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOOSE — adj. 1 unattached, unconnected, disconnected, detached, free, unsecured, unfastened, movable I have a loose tooth The vacuum cleaner will pick …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — v. 1 suspend, depend, dangle; be poised or suspended, hover, swing Hang the lantern from this branch The laundry was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Словарь английских идиом
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Словарь английских идиом
STAY — I 1. сущ. 1) а) пребывание, жительство б) остановка, стоянка в) разг. выносливость; выдержка г) юр. отсрочка, приостановка судопроизводства 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOOSE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAY — stay.ogg _I 1. steı n 1. пребывание a long a short, a week's stay in London in a hospital - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HANG — hang.ogg 1. hæŋ n 1. вид ( чего-л. висящего, повешенного ); способ подвески; манера do you like the hang of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STAY — 1) стойка; опора; подставка; подпорка 2) оттяжка; ванта 3) подкос; укосина 4) стяжка; связь 5) люнет 6) возд. расчалка 7) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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