looseness

US pronunciation

American soundlooseness

looseness

Syllables: 3 syllables
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loo - se - ness -> looseness

Myanmar meaning

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loose / lu:s / adj (-r, -st )

၁။ ချောင်သော။
a loose tooth / thread / screw / floorboard ❍ Be careful with that saucepan — the handle’s loose. ❍ The hook had come / worked loose (from the wall).
၂။ ချည်နှောင်မထားသော။ လွတ်နေ သော။ The cows had got out of the field and were (roaming) loose in the road. ❍ Don’t let that dog loose among the sheep.
၃။ အလွတ်။ loose change (ie coins carried eg in a pocket) ❍ loose papers ❍ nails sold loose by weight (ie not in a packet) ❍ hair hanging loose.
၄။ လျော့ရိလျော့ရဲဖြစ်သော။ political parties forming a loose alliance.
၅။ မတိကျသော။ a loose translation/ interpretation ❍ loose thinking.
၆။ (က) လျော့ရဲရဲရှိသော။ မတင်းမရင်း ဖြစ်သော။ မခိုင်သော။ loose skin ❍ have loose bowels (ie suffer from DIARRHOEA). (ခ) ချောင်သော။ ပွသော။ loose clothing. Compare TIGHT ၁, ၂
၇။ ပွသော။ cloth with a loose weave ❍ loose soil.
၈။ (dated derog ) စာရိတ္တပျက်သော။ lead a loose and dissolute life.
၉။ (ခရစ်ကက်တွင်) တော်စွလျော်စွ(ပစ်ပေး)သော။ some rather loose bowling.
၁၀။ (sport ) လွတ်နေသော (ဘောလုံး)။ looseness n [U]
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၁။ ဖြုတ်သည်။ လွှတ်ပေးသည်။ He loosed the brake. ❍ anarchy loosed upon the world.
၂။ လျှော့သည်။ She loosed her belt.
၃။ ~ sth (off) (at sb/sth) ပစ်လွှတ်သည်။ He loosed off a shot at a rabbit.
❏ at a loose end (US also at loose ends) [IDM ] လုပ်စရာမရှိ။ အားသည်။ Come and see us if you’re at a loose end. See also LOOSE END
❏ break loose (from sb/sth) [IDM ] လွတ်ထွက်သည်။ ခွဲထွက်သည်။ The dog had broken loose. ❍ break loose from tradition.
❏ cut loose from sb/sth [IDM ] အဆက်ဖြတ်သည်။ He cut loose from his family.
❏ cut sth/sb/ oneself loose (from sth) [IDM ] ချည်ထားသော ကြိုးကိုဖြုတ်သည်။ အဆက်ဖြတ်သည်။ ကျော ခိုင်းသည်။ cut a boat loose ❍ cut oneself loose from the past.
❏ have a loose tongue [IDM ] အာချောင်သည်။
❏ let sb loose on sth [IDM ] လွှတ်ထားသည်။ လွှတ်ပေးသည်။ Don’t let Bill loose on the garden — he’d pull up all the flowers.
❏ loose- (in compounds) ပွပွ။ ဖားဖား။ loose-fitting clothes.
❏ loose box n မြင်းတစ်ကောင် လူးသာလွန့်သာ နေနိုင်သော ဇောင်းတွင်း (သို့) ယာဉ်ပေါ်အကန့်။
❏ loose cover (Brit ) (US slip cover ) n (usu pl ) ကုလားထိုင်ဖုံး/စွပ်။
❏ loose end n (usu pl ) လက်စမသတ်ရသေးသော အလုပ်။ လက်စသတ်စရာ။ tie up a few loose ends before leaving work ❍ The play has too many loose ends.
❏ loose-leaf adj တစ်ရွက်ချင်းတွဲထားသော (စာတွဲ)။ a loose-leaf file.
❏ loosely adv လျော့ရဲရဲ။ မရေမရာ။ hands loosely clasped ❍ The play is loosely based on a local legend. looseness n [U]
❏ (be) on the loose [IDM ] လွတ်နေသည်။ prisoners on the loose.

Synonyms

movable, slack, wobbly, unfastened, free, abandoned, abscind, absolve, adrift, affranchise, allow to go, ample, anesthetize, anesthetized, anesthetizing, apart, assorted, asunder, at large, at liberty, attend to, attended to, baggy, bail one out, become unfastened, blink at, branched, branching, break down, breaking down, bulk, capricious, careless, cast loose, cast out, casting out, clear, clear the way, corrupt, debauched, deliver, detach, detached, dichotomize, dichotomized, diffuse, disaffiliate, discharge, disconnected, discumber, disembogue, disembroil, disengage, disentangle, disenthral, disenthrall, disenthralled, disimprison, disordered, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, dissolve, diverse, divide, drive out, driving out, droopy, drop the hammer, ease, ease off, easy, eclectic, emancipate, emit, escaped, extricate, fast, featherbed, fire, flabby, flaccid, floating, floppy, flowing, formless, free up, freed, freeing up, get off the hook, get out from under, give out, give vent to, go easy on, going easy on, gunned, gunning, hanging, heedless, high living, ill-defined, immoral, imprecise, imprudent, in half, inaccurate, inching, inconstant, indefinite, indistinct, insecure, irresponsible, laid back, launch, lax, lay back, let fly, let go, let go with, let loose, let off easy, let off hook, let off steam, let off the hook, let out, let up on, letting go, lewd, liberate, liberated, libertine, licentious, lie down on job, lifeboat, light, limp, loose-fitting, loosen, loosened, lose speed, losing speed, make easier, manumit, miscellaneous, negligent, not fitting, obscure, on the loose, open fire, open the door, open up, opening up, out of control, pay ransom, pick off, playing, pour out, poured out, pouring out, profligate

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