[
  {
    "word": "loose",
    "phonetic": "/lu\u02d0s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/lu\u02d0s/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/loose-1-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=623008",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The release of an arrow.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Freedom from restraint.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A letting go; discharge.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To let loose, to free from restraints.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To unfasten, to loosen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make less tight, to loosen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a grip or hold, to let go.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To shoot (an arrow)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To set sail.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To solve; to interpret.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "fire",
          "shoot",
          "free",
          "release",
          "loosen",
          "relax",
          "slacken",
          "let go",
          "release",
          "loosen",
          "unbind",
          "undo",
          "unfasten",
          "untie"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "fast",
          "bind",
          "constrain",
          "tighten",
          "tighten",
          "bind",
          "fasten",
          "tie"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not held or packaged together.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "'You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not under control.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The dog is loose again."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not fitting closely",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "'I wear loose clothes when it is hot."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not compact.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "'It is difficult walking on loose gravel."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Relaxed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She danced with a loose flowing movement."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a loose way of reasoning"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Indiscreet.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Loose talk costs lives."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He caught an elbow going after a loose ball."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not costive; having lax bowels.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "indiscreet",
          "free",
          "untethered",
          "diffuse",
          "spaced out",
          "baggy",
          "unfastened",
          "unsecured",
          "separate",
          "unpackaged",
          "polygamous",
          "promiscuous",
          "slutty",
          "tarty",
          "whorish",
          "loose-limbed",
          "relaxed"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "discreet",
          "bound",
          "leashed",
          "tethered",
          "tied",
          "tied up",
          "compact",
          "firm",
          "close-fitting",
          "snug",
          "tight",
          "firm",
          "tight",
          "packaged",
          "faithful",
          "monogamous",
          "tense",
          "tensed"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Begin shooting; release your arrows",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "fast"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loose"
    ]
  }
]