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91loose sentence — a sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers. Cf. periodic sentence. [1890 95] * * * …
92loose end — noun a) The end of a rope that has not been fastened. b) A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete …
93loose ablative — noun A syntactic construction which uses the past participle, inflected in the ablative case, without an auxiliary verb yet not as an adjective, but silently supposing a verb to depend upon …
94loose-fitting — adjective baggy, not tight …
95loose morals — liberal ethics, morals which are not generally acceptable …
96loose scrum — noun Rugby a scrum formed by the players round the ball during play, not ordered by the referee …
97loose — /lu:s/ adjective not attached …
98loose — [1] Not tight. [2] A colloquial term for oversteer …
99loose-leaf lettuce — noun lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head • Syn: ↑leaf lettuce • Hypernyms: ↑lettuce • Part Holonyms: ↑leaf lettuce, ↑Lactuca sativa crispa …
100Fast and loose — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… …
