Main Entry: ²loose

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): 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 : relaxintransitive verb : to let fly a missile (as an arrow) : fire