loose in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for loose in the English»French Dictionary

I.loose [Brit luːs, Am lus] ADJ

1. loose (not firm or tight) lit:

loose knot, lace, screw
loose nail, handle
loose joint
loose button
loose thread
loose tooth
to work [sth] loose nail, post
to work [sth] loose brick, bar
to hang loose hair:
hang loose inf! Am
loose connection ELEC

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

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

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

loose in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for loose in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for loose in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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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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Generally a "pallu" (the loose end of a sari) is pulled over the head to act as a ghunghat.
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Alternatively, bleed air may be used to inflate a rubber boot on the leading edge, breaking the ice loose.
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When exposed, they immediately wriggle into loose soil or under rubble.
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They often form loose colonies on the windward sides of the islands.
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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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The current edition (the fourth), in fifty volumes, was published between 1985 and 1992, and is supplemented by an annual hardbound supplement and periodic loose-leaf updates.
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That genus, in the loose circumscription, eventually became a sort of wastebin taxon.
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Window blinds slats are held together with cords that allow for tilting slats, raising or lowering, and these are potentially dangerous if 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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