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.

Nakamura even gives them a bit of an Odd Couple twist: Buddha is frugal and kind of uptight; Jesus goes with the flow.

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

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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.

She was in her sixties and wore her thinning gray hair pulled back in a loose bun with all but a few strands secured by bobby pins.

They establish a colony on Ragol but this perfect planet soon unleashes a few surprises and all hell breaks loose.

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