"loose gravel"

"a loose ball"

"loose clothing"
"the large shoes were very loose"

"an informal agreement"
"a loose organization of the local farmers"

"a loose interpretation of what she had been told"
"a free translation of the poem"

"loose bowels"

"the stamp came loose"

"the old man's skin hung loose and grey"
"slack and wrinkled skin"
"slack sails"
"a slack rope"

"an open texture"
"a loose weave"

"idle talk"
"a loose tongue"

"a box of loose nails"

"a convict still at large"
"searching for two escaped prisoners"
"dogs loose on the streets"
"criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"

"her easy virtue"
"he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"
"wanton behavior"

"cows in India are running loose"

"let loose mines"
"Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"

"loosen the tension on a rope"

"The noose loosened"
"the rope relaxed"