tight vs loose

Definitions

adjective

1. pulled or drawn tight
2. very drunk
3. closely constrained or constricted or constricting
4. securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
5. of such close construction as to be impermeable

adverb

1. firmly or closely
2. in an attentive manner

Examples

Begin by tightening your buttocks and lifting your hips off the floor.

Deirdre cast him one last look, then shut her eyes tight.

Receiving the round initial in the third quarter, the Rams would put together the 10-play, 61-yard expostulate immoderate 5 mins as great as finishing it off with the 6-yard TD pass from Stefkovich to So, TE, Joe Migliarese (Blue Bell, Pa.) to tighten the measure to twenty-nine twenty-eight TU.

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Definitions

verb

1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
2. make loose or looser
3. turn loose or free from restraint
4. become loose or looser or less tight

adjective

1. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
2. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
3. not carefully arranged in a package
4. not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
5. not literal

adverb

1. without restraint

Examples

Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses.

The ordinary piki is shaped into loose rolls about 10 inches long and two inches in diameter, but the wedding piki is folded into flat pieces about 8 inches square.

In more traditional settings, people wear boubous, loose-fitting cotton tunics with large openings under the arms.

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