Definitions of loose:

• verb:   make loose or looser

  Example: "Loosen the tension on a rope"

• verb:   become loose or looser or less tight

  Example: "The noose loosened"

• verb:   turn loose or free from restraint

  Example: "Let loose mines"

• verb:   grant freedom to; free from confinement
• adjective:   not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting

  Example: "Loose clothing"

• adjective:   not carefully arranged in a package

  Example: "A box of loose nails"

• adjective:   not fixed firmly or tightly

  Example: "The bolts became loose over time"

• adjective:   (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

  Example: "A loose weave"

• adjective:   not tense or taut

  Example: "The old man's skin hung loose and gray"

• adjective:   not bound or fastened or gathered together

  Example: "Loose pages"

• adjective:   not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

  Example: "Loose gravel"

• adjective:   (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player

  Example: "A loose ball"

• adjective:   not restrained or confined or attached

  Example: "A pocket full of loose bills"

• adjective:   freely producing mucus

  Example: "A loose phlegmy cough"

• adjective:   not officially recognized or controlled

  Example: "A loose organization of the local farmers"

• adjective:   lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

  Example: "A loose tongue"

• adjective:   not affixed

  Example: "The stamp came loose"

• adjective:   emptying easily or excessively

  Example: "Loose bowels"

• adjective:   not literal

  Example: "A loose interpretation of what she had been told"

• adjective:   casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

  Example: "He was told to avoid loose (or light) women"

• adjective:   having escaped, especially from confinement

  Example: "Dogs loose on the streets"

• adverb:   without restraint

  Example: "Cows in India are running loose"

• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13467)