looses

verbset free; unbind

Antonyms for looses

Word Origin & History

early 13c., "not securely fixed;" c.1300, "unbound," from Old Norse lauss "loose, free, vacant, dissolute," cognate with Old English leas "devoid of, false, feigned, incorrect," from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (cf. Danish løs "loose, untied," Swedish lös "loose, movable, detached," Middle Dutch, German los "loose, free," Gothic laus "empty, vain"), from PIE *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" (see lose). Meaning "not clinging, slack" is mid-15c. Meaning "not bundled" is late 15c. Sense of "unchaste, immoral" is recorded from late 15c. Meaning "at liberty, free from obligation" is 1550s. Sense of "rambling, disconnected" is from 1680s. Figurative sense of loose cannon was in use by 1896, probably from celebrated image in a popular story by Hugo:

Loose end in reference to something unfinished, undecided, unguarded is from 1540s; to be at loose ends is from 1807. Phrase on the loose "free, unrestrained" is from 1749 (upon the loose).

Example Sentences forlooses

He looses his moral courage just as he comes to hate books and languages.

It is sweet in the Arabic language but it looses its beauty when translated into other languages.

Looses curb-chain skilfully, and pats horse on nose and throttle.

But that burning of the image kills her and looses the man from her spell.

As you get opposite the door, she looses her hold upon them, and then commences the chase.

This favourite beverage opens the heart and looses the tongue.

He binds on earth and it is bound in heaven; he looses on earth and it is loosed in heaven.

It is the Word of God, that still remits and retains, that binds and looses.

Tom looses the dogs and sends them ranging to pick up a scent.

The dollar binds and looses, it raises the ignorant to the chief offices in the community.