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loose

/lus/ /luːs/
  1. 1
    salıvermek, serbest bırakmak Literary

    To set a person or an animal free from something that holds it.

    • The farmer loosed the dogs into the field.
      Çiftçi köpekleri tarlaya salıverdi.
    • He loosed the horse from the cart and let it graze.
      Atı arabadan çözüp serbest bıraktı ve otlamasına izin verdi.
  2. 2
    (ok) atmak, (yaydan) ok salmak Literary

    To send an arrow flying from a bow.

    • The archer loosed an arrow at the distant target.
      Okçu uzaktaki hedefe bir ok attı.
    • She loosed three arrows in less than ten seconds.
      On saniyeden kısa sürede üç ok attı.
  3. 3
    gevşetmek, (dilini) çözmek Literary

    To make a grip, a knot or someone's tongue less tight or controlled.

    • The wine soon loosed his tongue.
      Şarap çok geçmeden dilini çözdü.
    • She loosed her grip on the rope for a moment.
      Bir anlığına ipi tutan elini gevşetti.

Verb Forms Regular

Base loose
/lus/
Past loosed
/lust/
Participle loosed
/lust/
Spelling rule

Ends in ‑e: add ‑dloose → loosed

Fiil -e ile bittiği için sonuna yalnızca -d eklenir.

Same rule: love → loved · live → lived · use → used

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /s/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. loosed /lust/

Synonyms

Antonyms

tiefastenrestrain

Collocations

loose an arrowloose someone's tongueloose something on the worldloose something upon someonelet loose

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