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"loose" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often untied (6 letters).
Definitions
Not tight, fixed, or firmly attached.
Word origin
From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.
Used in a sentence
“Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.”
“And it was Thora, the little Dwarf's wife, The five rune-books she took out; So she loosed him fully out of the runes, Her daughter had bound him about.”
“Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Not firmly fixed”5 letters
02“Not tight”5 letters
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