loose

loose
[lu:s] adj
1) (not tight) locker;
\loose cash/coins Kleingeld nt;
\loose connection Wackelkontakt m;
\loose sheets of paper lose Blätter Papier;
\loose skin schlaffe Haut;
to hang \loose lose herabhängen;
to work itself \loose sich akk lockern; sth glued sich akk lösen
2) (untied)
\loose hair offenes Haar;
her hair was hanging \loose sie trug ihr Haar offen
3) (not confined) frei;
to be \loose criminal frei herumlaufen;
to get [or break] \loose person, dog sich akk losreißen;
to let [or set] an animal \loose ein Tier loslassen, einem Tier freien Lauf lassen;
a bunch of idiots was let \loose on a nuclear power station sie haben so ein paar Idioten auf dem Gelände eines Atomkraftwerks völlig frei herumlaufen lassen;
to let a dog \loose on sb einen Hund auf jdn loslassen
4) (not exact) ungefähr attr, (not strict) lose;
\loose adaptation freie Bearbeitung;
\loose discipline mangelhafte Disziplin;
\loose translation freie Übersetzung
5) (not compact)
\loose weave grobmaschiges Gewebe
6) (diarrhoea)
\loose bowels [or \loose bowel movement] Durchfall m;
to be \loose [or (form) to suffer from \loose bowels] Durchfall haben, an Durchfall leiden (form)
7) clothing weit, locker;
a \loose fit eine lockere Passform;
I'll take the jacket with the \looseest fit ich nehme das Jackett, das am lockersten und angenehmsten sitzt
8) (relaxed)
\loose stride lockere [o entspannte] Gangart
9) (indiscreet)
\loose talk Getratsch[e] nt, Geschwätz nt;
\loose tongue loses Mundwerk (fam)
10)(pej) ((dated); (hum): immoral) lose veraltend, locker;
\loose living lockerer Lebenswandel;
\loose morals lockere Moral;
\loose woman Frau f mit lockerem Lebenswandel loses Mädchen veraltet
11) sports
\loose play Spiel, bei dem die Spieler über das ganze Spielfeld verteilt sind
12) (in cricket)
\loose bowling ungenauer Wurf;
\loose play unvorsichtiges [o unachtsames] Spiel
PHRASES:
to hang [or stay] \loose (Am) (sl) cool [o locker] bleiben (sl)
to let \loose sth [or to let sth \loose] etw loslassen;
the allies let \loose an intensive artillery bombardment die Alliierten begannen mit intensivem Artilleriebeschuss;
he let \loose a shriek of delight er ließ einen Freudenschrei los n
no pl law
to be on the \loose frei herumlaufen vt
1) (set free)
to \loose sth etw freilassen [o loslassen];
\loose the dogs! lass die Hunde los!;
the minister \loosed a tirade against the opposition leader (liter) der Minister ließ eine Schimpfkanonade gegen den Oppositionsführer los
2) (untie)
to \loose a knot/rope einen Knoten/ein Seil lösen
3) (relax)
to \loose one's hold [or grip] loslassen;
she never \loosed her hold on her conviction sie gab ihre Überzeugung niemals auf

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