looseness
- n frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
- n freedom from restraint
the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made - n a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression - n the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
- n movement or space for movement
- n dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- v make loose or looser
- v make less severe or strict
- v become less severe or strict
- v disentangle and raise the fibers of
- v cause to become loose
- v make less dense
- v become loose or looser or less tight
looseness of the bowels
- n frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
loosening
- n an occurrence of control or strength weakening
the loosening of his grip - n the act of making something less tight
- v make loose or looser
- v make less severe or strict
- v become less severe or strict
- v disentangle and raise the fibers of
- v cause to become loose
- v make less dense
- v become loose or looser or less tight
loosestrife
- n any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
- n any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia