looseness Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
   looseness of the bowels; diarrhea; diarrhoea.
   
2. noun freedom from restraint
   
   • the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made
3. noun a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
   
   • misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression
4. noun the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
   
5. noun movement or space for movement
   play.
   
   • there was too much play in the steering wheel
6. noun dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
   dissipation; dissolution; licentiousness; profligacy.
   
7. verb make loose or looser
   loosen; loose.
   
   • loosen the tension on a rope
8. verb make less severe or strict
   loosen; relax.
   
   • The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
9. verb become less severe or strict
   loosen; relax.
   
   • The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
10. verb disentangle and raise the fibers of
    loosen; tease apart; tease.
    
    • tease wool
11. verb cause to become loose
    loosen; untie; undo.
    
    • undo the shoelace
    • untie the knot
    • loosen the necktie
12. verb make less dense
    loosen.
    
    • loosen the soil
13. verb become loose or looser or less tight
    loosen; loose; relax.
    
    • The noose loosened
    • the rope relaxed

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