| 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. n. (archery) The release of an arrow. | |
| 20. n. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment. | |
| 21. n. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). | |
| 22. n. Freedom from restraint. | |
| 23. n. A letting go; discharge. | |
| 24. interj. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows | |
| 25. v. misspelling of lose | |
| I'm going to loose this game. | |
| not |
| 1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
| Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
| Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
| 2. adv. To no degree. | |
| That is not red; it's orange. | |
| 3. conj. And not. | |
| I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
| He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
| 4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
| I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
| Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
| 5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
| You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
| 6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
| tight |
| 1. adj. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open. | |
| tight cloth; a tight knot | |
| 2. adj. Unyielding or firm | |
| tight control on a situation | |
| 3. adj. Under high tension. | |
| Make sure to pull the rope tight. | |
| 4. adj. (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by. | |
| I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do. | |
| 5. adj. (colloquial, figurative) Intimately friendly. | |
| We've grown tighter over the years. | |
| 6. adj. (slang) Miserly or frugal. | |
| He's a bit tight with his money. | |
| 7. adj. (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it. | |
| The passageway was so tight we could barely get through. | |
| They flew in a tight formation. | |
| 8. adj. Fitting close, or too close, to the body. | |
| a tight coat; My socks are too tight. | |
| 9. adj. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult. | |
| The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners. | |
| 10. adj. Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof. | |
| 11. adj. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution. | |
| Their marching band is extremely tight. | |
| 12. adj. (sport) Not conceding many goals. | |
| 13. adj. (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk. | |
| We went drinking and got tight. | |
| 14. adj. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special. | |
| That is one tight bicycle! | |
| 15. adj. (slang)) Mean; unfair; unkind. | |
| 16. adj. (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. | |
| 17. adj. (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk. | |
| 18. adv. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily. | |
| Make sure the lid is closed tight. | |
| 19. adv. Soundly. | |
| Good night, sleep tight. | |
| 20. v. (obsolete) To tighten. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| taut |
| 1. adj. Tight; under tension, as it were a rope or bow string. | |
| 2. adj. (figuratively) Experiencing stress or anxiety. | |
| 3. adj. Containing only relevant parts, brief and controlled. | |
| 4. adj. (oenology) Strong; uncompromising. | |
