(superl.) Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
(superl.) Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
(superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
(superl.) Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
(superl.) Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
(superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
(superl.) Unconnected; rambling.
(superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
(superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
(superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
(n.) Freedom from restraint.
(n.) A letting go; discharge.
(a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
(a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
(a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
(a.) To solve; to interpret.
(v. i.) To set sail.
Example Sentences:
(1) Factors associated with higher incidence of rejection included loose sutures, traumatic wound dehiscence, and grafts larger than 8.5 mm.
(2) He is a leader and helps manage the defence, while Pablo Armero can be a bit of a loose cannon but he is certainly a talented player.
(3) This study investigates the use of the incentive inspirometer to observe the effects of tight versus loose clothing on inhalation volume with 17 volunteer subjects.
(4) Security forces have also tried to wrest back the Sunni stronghold of Tikrit from a loose alliance of Isis fighters, other jihadist groups and former Saddam Hussein loyalists.
(5) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
(6) We had our bicycles and we were just turned loose all day.
(7) Our model is a development of previous models, but differs in several respects: the overall activity is assumed to be dependent on the error level, the effect of errors in the translating system, giving rise to additional errors in the succeeding generation of products, is explicitly included as a special term in our model, and scavenging enzymes are assumed to break down and eliminate products with a loose structure.
(8) Clearance into the mediastinum may be the major pathway for liquid sequestered in the loose, binding connective tissue.
(9) Two tibial components (2%) were believed to be mechanically loose, but no revisions for mechanical loosening were done.
(10) The results indicate that the optimal cruciform loop size is four bases, with loose 'breathing' at the first base pair at the top of the cruciform stem at 37 degrees C, and little or no opening of base pairs at the four-way junction.
(11) Theresa May’s plan for a loose alliance with the Democratic Unionists to prop up her government was thrown into confusion on Saturday night after the Northern Ireland party contradicted a No 10 announcement that a deal had been reached.
(12) We have also confirmed loose linkage with the marker (Mfd22, locus D4S171) used to establish the initial assignment of the disorder to chromosome 4.
(13) As demonstrated by Ficoll density gradient centrifugation and HPLC gel filtration, the cholate dialysis method made the reductase bind tightly to the liposomal membranes, while the incubation with the preformed vesicles made the reductase bind loosely to the membranes.
(14) In its more loose, common usage, it's a game in which the rivalry has come to acquire the mad, rancorous intensity of a Celtic-Rangers, a Real Madrid-Barcelona, an Arsenal-Tottenham, a River Plate-Boca Juniors.
(15) Twenty-one of 24 adult male and female cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis ibis) collected in Geneva County, Alabama had numerous white cyst-like structures (1,466 microns X 354 microns) found within the loose connective tissues of the skeletal muscles of the inguinal region, beneath the serosa of the proventriculus and in the heart beneath the epicardium (one adult male bird).
(16) SCLC variant lines could further be divided into (a) biochemical variant lines having variant biochemical profile but retaining typical SCLC morphology and growth characteristics; and (b) morphological variant (SCLC-MV) lines having variant biochemical profile, altered morphology (features of large cell undifferentiated carcinoma) and altered growth characteristics (growth as loosely attached floating aggregates, relatively short doubling times and cloning efficiencies).
(17) At rostral levels, one third of the tracts are loosely built forming a king of curtain, while they become more compact at caudal levels.
(18) (1) The prerequisite for development of cholesteatoma is a cholesteatoma bed, that is a loose subepithelial connective tissue layer which acts as a nutrient bed and makes papillary growth of squamous epithelium possible.
(19) His mother is Denise Welch, late of Corrie and Loose Women, and his father his Tim Healy, who was briefly famous 30 years ago for his role in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
(20) Initially, 4-5 days post-operative, the plasma clot maintained the grafted cells in a loose sponge-like sack at the site of implantation.
Wrapper
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, wraps.
(n.) That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.
(n.) Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lauren Eyles, MCS Beachwatch officer, said: "Despite last summer being seen as a washout by many with heavy rain in many places, it appears those people that did visit our beaches left behind a lot of personal litter – sweet wrappers, ice cream wrappers and plastic drinks bottles failed to find their way into rubbish bins and ended up being dropped and left behind.
(2) It’s just one in a long line of cowardly and slimy moves by Ryan, who is really just Trump in a more aesthetically appealing wrapper.
(3) A foreign body consisting of a piece of a celophane candy wrapper was found by surgery.
(4) So there would be no more bundling up dodgy mortgages and flogging them in fancy wrappers.
(5) Subjects were presented with Hershey's kisses wrapped in either transparent (visible) or non-transparent (non-visible) wrappers while performing a sham test; the number of chocolates consumed was the dependent measure.
(6) Water bottles, sweet wrappers, sanitary towels and footprints are telltale signs, as is a bivouac made from bushes to shelter the migrants from the heat of the day so they can continue their journey at night.
(7) Analysis of unused wrappers showed 76-88% of the total DBP and DEHP to be present on the foil (outer) surface as a component of the protective coating (washcoat).
(8) Several providers, including Aldermore, Nationwide, Newcastle building society and NatWest, however, operate their Isas inside a wrapper, which means you can transfer all your money to them and distribute it between the help-to-buy Isa and their other cash Isas.
(9) A noble idea – offering free sports equipment to schools in return for collecting chocolate wrappers – backfired disastrously when it emerged that a child eating enough chocolate to "earn" a free basketball would have to play the game continuously for four days and nights to burn off the calories they had consumed to get it.
(10) In every grocery store, Kumamon smiles from every punnet of strawberries and honeydew melon wrapper.
(11) Vegetarian haggis gyoza dumplings You can make your own wrappers, but it's much easier to buy them frozen at Japanese or Oriental shops.
(12) Back in Whitstable the kite-surfers were having a ball, leaping high above the sea in the strong gusts of wind, their acrobatics watched forlornly by the seagulls, waiting to scavenge discarded chip wrappers that would never come.
(13) Exposed meat wrappers showed a higher prevalence of cough, phlegm, hay fever, and asthma than did the control group.
(14) The village is a smattering of fishing shacks frequented by stray dogs and chickens; the sand is littered with sweet wrappers, water bottles, flip-flops and polystyrene food containers; the sea is cloudy from the dredging.
(15) Serves 6 For the wrappers 200g plain flour ¼ tsp baking powder A good pinch of salt 100ml water 3 tbsp cornflour, for dusting For the filling 250g chicken or pork mince 1 red onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 5cm-piece of fresh ginger, chopped 5 green chillies, chopped 2 spring onions, chopped 5g black peppercorns, crushed 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander 1 tsp cumin powder, roasted ½ tsp garam masala powder 75g butter 1¼ tsp salt Juice of one lemon 1 To make the momo wrappers, sift the flour and baking powder on to a work surface.
(16) Sitting in the shelter with her son, Luis, a half-eaten cookie in a wrapper on the table in front of him, Maldonado said that they decided to leave when a gang tried to recruit the 17-year-old.
(17) Or, if it’s been a stressful one, a pile of KitKat wrappers!
(18) There is also some quite magnificent socialising, including being part of the inner circle at the Factory, and fabled New York nightclub Studio 54 (Jones was a close confidante of Warhol, and drops celebrity names as nonchalantly as sweet wrappers).
(19) Connolly says older people should be wary of taking money out of cash Isas to put into the bonds, as they would lose the tax-free wrapper for the sake of a one or three-year interest rate boost.
(20) Dangers such as bed- and tub-sharing, diaper and cleaning pails, plastic wrappers, balloons, small beds, toys on strings, broken or poorly designed cribs, and poorly positioned adult beds must be brought to the attention of the parent as consumer.