Refers to the condition of a book; the text block is coming loose from the binding at the hinges.

leaf - The binding of individual sheets of paper in an exchangeable form, for pages to be added, removed, or relocated in the book. Loose-leaf bindings are used wherever records of repeatedly changing [..]

When a book has been read carelessly or too often, and has become loose and sloppy in its binding.

c. 1200, lousen, "to set free, turn loose," also "undo, untie, unfasten," from loose (adj.). Of arrows from c. 1400. Related: Loosed; loosing.

early 13c., lous, loos, lowse, "not securely fixed;" c. 1300, "unbound, not confined," from Old Norse lauss "loose, free, unencumbered; vacant; dissolute," cognate with O [..]

free: grant freedom to; free from confinement not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" without restraint; "cows in India are running loos [..]

the opposite of tight, not properly fastened

When a book has been read carelessly or too often, and has become loose and sloppy in its binding.

Sheets of paper, parchment, etc., that are unbound, usually filed in a folder or container. The opposite of bound. See also: loose-leaf. Also refers to one or more leaves, or all the sections of a boo [..]

loyz

The binding of a new book is very tight; that is, the book will not open easily and generally does not want to remain open to any given page. As the book is used, the binding becomes looser until a we [..]

Without packing.

liberty; freedom from restraint.

A slang term for oversteer.

(v) grant freedom to; free from confinement(v) turn loose or free from restraint(v) make loose or looser(v) become loose or looser or less tight(adj) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement(a [..]

laxus

Having a tile loose. Not quite of sound mind. The head being the roof of the temple called the body.

Without packing.

Footed - Describes a mainsail attached to the boom at the tack and clew, but not along the length of it's foot.

The rear of the car is unstable due to a lack of rear-tire grip caused by too much front downforce or not enough rear downforce. Also known as “oversteer.”

  Term to describe a condition in which the car's front tires have more traction than the rear, causing the rear of the car to point toward the outside and the front to point to the inside. Also called "oversteer." 

Aka oversteer (motorsport—NASCAR).

To let go the ropes confining a furled sail.

To unfurl.

To unfurl.

footed-sail  a fore and aft sail that is not secured to boom.

To loose a rope is to let it go

Without packing.

Adrift; to unloose, to unfurl ; to loose tyers of a sail, &c.  

, adj. unoccupied. ‘I want to see the mistress when she’s loose.’

(slang) freewheeling; unfettered; tending to overbid or to bid dangerously

is «free playing» when a person plays many hands.

Playing more hands than the norm.

A player who calls bets with weak hands or when he doesn't have the odds to justify it. The opposite of tight.

Slot machines are loose when they are paying off and giving the house only a small advantage over the player.

A game that pays out at a higher percentage than average, often applied to slot machine games; also see “Tight.”

Is the behavior of a player that plays many pre-flop hands, but not many post-flop, with or without a good hand or a prospective good hand.

Releasing an arrow on a fully drawn bow. Same as Release.

Free from confinement; not bound. A term that many artists and instructors will use everyday, where an artistic style reaches a lively, spontaneous look.

(transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints. * Bible, Matthew xxi. 2 *: Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. (transitive) To unfasten, to lo [..]

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