loosed
Let fly deliberately
Loosed is the past tense of loose used as a verb, meaning released or set free from restraint.
To loose an arrow is to shoot it; to loose a dog is to let it off the leash.
The word appears in biblical and literary contexts: He loosed the bonds of the captive.
Often confused with lost or losed, but loosed is correct when the meaning is released rather than misplaced.
Released from confinement
- emancipatedReleased from subjugation
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unchainedFreed from restraints
unfettered · released · manumitted · disenthralled · enfranchised · delivered · rescued · sprung
freed
Released from confinement
- emancipatedReleased from subjugation
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unshackledReleased from restraints
unchained · unfettered · released · manumitted · disenthralled · enfranchised · delivered · rescued · sprung · paroled
untied
Released from binding
- unfastenedNot held closed
- unboundNot tied down
- detachedApart or uninvolved
unhooked · unlatched · unclasped · unstrapped · unbolted · unbarred · unbuckled · unlocked · unhitched · uncorked
released
Set free from confinement
- dischargedOfficially let go
- firedTerminated from employment
- shotQuick liquor serving
launched · let fly · sicced · unpenned · uncaged · unmuzzled · unbridled · unrestrained · triggered · activated
loosedtightened
Made more secure
tensed · tautened · stiffened · pulled taut · stretched
loosedconfined
Kept within bounds
imprisoned · captured · caged · contained · restrained
- loose endsUnresolved matters needing attention
- loosen upBecome less tense
- loose changeMiscellaneous small currency
- let looseRemove restraints from
- cut looseRelease from restraint
- break looseSuddenly become free
loose, loosen, loosened, loosening, loosely, loosing, looses, looseness, loos