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Englisch > Deutsch
loose
1. Adjektiv:
2. [1] etwas ist locker, nicht fest
[1] This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
Diese Schubkarre hat ein lockeres Rad.
Englisch > Englisch
loose
1. v. To let loose, to free from restraints.
2. v. To unfasten, to loosen.
3. v. To make less tight, to loosen.
4. v. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
5. v. (archery) to shoot (an arrow)
6. v. (obsolete) To set sail.
7. v. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
8. adj. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
9. adj. Not held or packaged together.
You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
10. adj. Not under control.
The dog is loose again.
11. adj. Not fitting closely
I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
12. adj. Not compact.
It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
a cloth of loose texture
13. adj. Relaxed.
She danced with a loose flowing movement.
14. adj. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
a loose way of reasoning
15. adj. Indiscreet.
Loose talk costs lives.
16. adj. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
17. adj. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
18. adj. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
19. subst. (archery) The release of an arrow.
20. subst. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
21. subst. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
22. subst. Freedom from restraint.
23. subst. A letting go; discharge.
24. interj. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows
25. v. misspelling of lose
I'm going to loose this game.
Deutsch > Englisch
lose
1. adj. loose, slack
2. v. singular imperative of losen

Aussprache

Beispielsätze

This coat looks loose on me.      Dieser Mantel sieht an mir zu weit aus. Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.      Die Poesie ist keine Freisetzung von Gefühlen, sondern eine Flucht vor den Gefühlen; sie ist nicht der Ausdruck der Persönlichkeit, sondern eine Flucht vor der Persönlichkeit. They say he's got a screw loose.      Man sagt, dass bei dem eine Schraube locker ist. My pants are very loose because I've lost much weight.      Meine Hose sitzt sehr locker, weil ich sehr abgenommen habe. She wore a long, loose coat.      Sie trug einen langen, weiten Mantel.

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