different between loose vs wast

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: lo?os, IPA^(key): /lu?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Verb

loose (third-person singular simple present looses, present participle loosing, simple past and past participle loosed)

1. (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
2. (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
3. (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
4. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
5. (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
6. (obsolete) To set sail.
   • 1611: King James Bible, Acts 13:13

     Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

7. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.

   • he had red her riddle, which no wight
     Could ever loose

Synonyms

• (let loose): free, release
• (unfasten): loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, untie
• (make less tight): loosen, relax, slacken
• (of grip or hold): let go, release
• (archery): fire, shoot

Antonyms

• (let loose): bind, constrain
• (unfasten): bind, fasten, tie
• (make less tight): tighten
• (of grip or hold): tighten
• (archery): fast

Derived terms

• loose off

Translations

Adjective

loose (comparative looser, superlative loosest)

1. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

2. Not held or packaged together.

3. Not under control.
4. Not fitting closely

5. Not compact.
6. Relaxed.

7. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
   • 1858, William Whewell, The history of scientific ideas

     The comparison employed […] must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.

8. Indiscreet.

9. (somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
10. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
11. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
12. (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).

    Coordinate terms: stacked, solid

Synonyms

• (not fixed in place tightly or firmly): unfastened, unsecured; see also Thesaurus:loose
• (not held or packaged together): separate, unpackaged
• (not bound or tethered or leashed): free, untethered
• (not fitting closely): baggy; see also Thesaurus:loose-fitting
• (not compact): diffuse, spaced out; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
• (relaxed): loose-limbed, relaxed; see also Thesaurus:carefree
• (indiscreet): indiscreet
• (promiscuous): polygamous, promiscuous, slutty, tarty, whorish; see also Thesaurus:promiscuous

Antonyms

• (not fixed in place tightly or firmly): firm, tight; see also Thesaurus:tight
• (not held or packaged together): packaged
• (not bound or tethered or leashed): bound, leashed, tethered, tied, tied up
• (not fitting closely): close-fitting, snug, tight; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting
• (not compact): compact, firm; see also Thesaurus:compact
• (relaxed): tense, tensed
• (indiscreet): discreet
• (promiscuous): faithful, monogamous

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

loose (plural looses)

1. (archery) The release of an arrow.
2. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
3. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [4]

     The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose.

4. Freedom from restraint.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)

   • Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.

   • The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]

5. A letting go; discharge.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• give a loose

Interjection

loose

1. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows

Antonyms

• (archery: begin shooting): fast

Translations

Related terms

• forlorn
• lyo-, ly-
• -lysis
• lysis

Etymology 2

Verb

loose

1. Misspelling of lose.

   I'm going to loose this game.

Derived terms

• looser

Anagrams

• oleos

French

Etymology

Hypercorrectively from English lose or from looseur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luz/

Noun

loose f (uncountable)

1. Great pettiness, shabbiness

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was +? -est.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

wast

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of be; wert.
   • 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),

     "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."

   • 1611, The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version, (first & last usages),

     Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"

     Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."

   • 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 97-99

     Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!

     Yea, one wast thou with me

     That once of old.

Noun

wast (plural wasts)

1. Obsolete form of waist.

See also

References

• “wast”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “wast” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, taws, wats

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st
• IPA^(key): /??st/

Verb

wast

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of wassen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of wassen

Gothic

Romanization

wast

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Middle English

Etymology

From was +? -est; partially replacing earlier were.

Verb

wast

1. (Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been

Descendants

• English: wast (obsolete)

Old French

Noun

wast m (oblique plural waz or watz, nominative singular waz or watz, nominative plural wast)

1. Alternative form of gast

Scots

Etymology

Scots form of English west.

Adverb

wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)

1. west
2. back, sideways; upstream

Preposition

wast

1. west
2. over, across

   She wis walkin wast the road. - She was walking across the road.

Adjective

wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)

1. west