loose
/lus/ verb B2- To let loose, to free from restraints.
- To unfasten, to loosen.
- To make less tight, to loosen.
- Of a grip or hold, to let go.
- To shoot (an arrow).
He/she/it looses · Past loosed · Past participle loosed · -ing form loosing
Verb forms
- Base form
- loose
- He/she/it
- looses
- Past
- loosed
- Past participle
- loosed
- -ing form
- loosing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“There used to be a dog let loose in the yard at night, but it has been taken to the house at Auteuil, to that you went to, you know.”
For loosed till dawn are we.
But _now_ suppose as much as you choose; give a loose to your fancy, indulge your imagination in every possible flight which the subject will afford, and unless you believe me actually married, you cannot greatly err.
A countryman saw them, and running up, loosed the coil of the Serpent and let the Eagle go free.
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