loose

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
  2. verb turn loose or free from restraint
  3. verb make loose or looser

Etymology

From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

In classic literature

Synonyms

free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen

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