loose in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.loose [Brit luːs, Am lus] ADJ

1. loose (not firm or tight) lit:

loose knot, lace, screw
desserré
loose nail, handle
branlant
loose joint
lâche
loose component, section
mal fixé
loose button
qui se découd
loose thread
décousu
loose tooth
qui se déchausse
to come or work loose knot, screw:
se desserrer
to come or work loose brick, handle:
être branlant
to come or work loose nail:
lâcher
to come or work loose tooth:
se déchausser
to work [sth] loose rope, knot, screw, fixture
desserrer
to work [sth] loose nail, post
dégager
to work [sth] loose brick, bar
desceller
to hang loose hair:
être dénoué
to hang loose rope, reins, thread:
pendre
hang loose inf! Am
détends-toi!
loose connection ELEC
faux contact

III.loose [Brit luːs, Am lus] VB trans liter

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break loose VB [Brit breɪk -, Am breɪk -]

I.loose off VB [Brit luːs -, Am lus -] (shoot) (loose off [sth], loose [sth] off)

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loose in the PONS Dictionary

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loose Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to play fast and loose with sb/sth
traiter qn/qc à la légère
to get loose
se détacher
to let a dog loose on sb
lâcher un chien sur qn
loose sheet of paper
feuille f de papier libre
to let sth loose
lâcher qc
to hang loose
pendre
to be on the loose
être en cavale
to have a screw loose iron hum inf
ne pas tourner rond
to loose the power of speech
perdre l'usage m de la parole
to cut loose
couper les ponts
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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They often form loose colonies on the windward sides of the islands.
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This foregrounding of media places the self as a loose, transitory combination of media consumption choices.
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She was a loose bunch of approaches, a flutter-voiced presenter of era-spanning songs and an anti-star on a candlelit stage.
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Generally a "pallu" (the loose end of a sari) is pulled over the head to act as a ghunghat.
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An aura of plausibility was created using manipulation of facts, pseudo-scientific style and loose storytelling.
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In addition, they can cause the dog to have loose bowel movements and even cause them to throw up from time to time.
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When exposed, they immediately wriggle into loose soil or under rubble.
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The cable tie used to fasten his hands was only cut loose at the police station, where he also learnt the owner of the house he was guarding had died.
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Scrunch up the foil around it, leaving it loose.
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It consisted of 251 loose coins and an estimated 400 more which were corroded and had become somewhat amalgamated.
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