Loose vs Abate - What's the difference?

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Loose is a related term of abate.

As nouns the difference between loose and abate

is that loose is (archery) the release of an arrow while abate is .

As a verb loose

is to let loose, to free from restraints or loose can be .

As an adjective loose

is not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

As an interjection loose

is (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows.

loose

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) , whence also (m), (m), via Ancient Greek.

Verb

(loos)

To let loose, to free from restraints.

* Bible, Matthew xxi. 2

Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.

To unfasten, to loosen.

To make less tight, to loosen.

Of a grip or hold, to let go.

(archery) to shoot (an arrow)

(obsolete) To set sail.

* 1611 :

Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

(obsolete) To solve; to interpret.

(Spenser)

Synonyms

* (let loose) free, release * (unfasten) loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, untie * (make less tight) loosen, relax, slacken * (of grip or hold) let go, release * (archery) fire, shoot

Antonyms

* (let loose) bind, constrain * (unfasten) bind, fasten, tie * (make less tight) tighten * (of grip or hold) tighten * (archery) fast

Adjective

(er)

Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.

Not held or packaged together.

You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose .

Not under control.

The dog is loose again.

* Addison

Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts?

Not fitting closely

I wear loose clothes when it is hot.

Not compact.

It is difficult walking on loose gravel.

a cloth of loose texture

* Milton

with horse and chariots ranked in loose array

Relaxed.

She danced with a loose flowing movement.

Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.

a loose way of reasoning

* Whewell

The comparison employed must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.

Loose talk costs lives.

(dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.

* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:

In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose , / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.

* Spenser

loose ladies in delight

* Sir Walter Scott

the loose morality which he had learned

(not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.

He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.

The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.

* {{quote-news

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(dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.

(John Locke)

Synonyms

* (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) * (not held or packaged together) separate, unpackaged * (not bound or tethered or leashed) free, untethered * (not fitting closely) baggy * (not compact) * (relaxed) loose-limbed, relaxed * (indiscreet) indiscreet * (promiscuous) polygamous, promiscuous, slutty, tarty, whorish

Antonyms

* (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) * (not held or packaged together) packaged * (not bound or tethered or leashed) bound, leashed, tethered, tied, tied up * (not fitting closely) close-fitting, snug, tight * (not compact) compact, firm * (relaxed) tense, tensed * (indiscreet) discreet * (promiscuous) faithful, monogamous

Derived terms

* break loose * cast loose * cut loose * hang loose * let loose * loosen * loose coupling * loose lip * on the loose * stay loose * turn loose

Noun

(en noun)

(archery) The release of an arrow.

(obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.

(sports)

* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]

The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose .

Freedom from restraint.

(Prior)

* Addison

Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.

A letting go; discharge.

(Ben Jonson)

Derived terms

* give a loose

Interjection

(en interjection)

(archery) begin shooting; release your arrows

Antonyms

* fast

Anagrams

Etymology 2

Verb

(head)

I'm going to loose this game.

Derived terms

* looser

abate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) abaten, from (etyl) . Cognate to modern French abattre .

Verb

(abat)

(transitive, obsolete, outside, legal) To put an end to; to cause to cease.

to abate a nuisance

To become null and void.

The writ has abated .

(legal) To nullify; make void.

to abate a writ

(obsolete) To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.

The hyer that they were in this present lyf, the moore shulle they be abated and defouled in helle.

(obsolete) To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.

(obsolete) To curtail; to deprive.

Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.

* 1605 , , King Lear , II.ii:

She hath abated me of half my train.

To reduce in amount, size, or value.

Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated .

To decrease in size, value, or amount.

To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.

* 1597 , , [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/575 Essays or Counsels, Civil and Morall] :

Not that they feel it so, but only to abate the edge of envy.

* 1855 , , History of England from the Accession of James II, Part 3 , [http://books.google.com/books?id=MN5CNdgbSTYC&pg=PA267 page 267]:

The fury of Glengarry rapidly abated .

To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.

* :

To deduct or omit.

We will abate this price from the total.

* 1845 , , The Church History of Britain , Volume 3, [http://books.google.com/books?id=OfefAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA100 page 100]:

Allowing nine thousand parishes (abating the odd hundreds) in England and Wales

To bar or except.

Abating his brutality, he was a very good master.

To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.

(obsolete) To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.

(archaic) To destroy, or level to the ground.

* 1542 , , The Union of the Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and York :

The kynge of Scottes planted his siege before the castell of Norham, and sore abated the walls.

Synonyms

* (bring down or reduce) lessen; diminish; contract; moderate; cut short; decrease * (diminish in force or intensity) diminish; subside; decline; wane; ebb * (bring someone down) humble; depress * (come to naught) fall through; fail

Antonyms

* augment; accelerate; intensify; rise; revive

Derived terms

* abatable * abatement * abater * unabated * abate of

Noun

(en noun)

Abatement.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) abatre, an alteration of enbatre, from (etyl) en + .

Verb

(abat)

(legal) To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.

Etymology 4

From (etyl) abate, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* abbate

Noun

(en noun)

An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.

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