slovo | definícia |
looses (encz) | looses,uvolňuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
looses (encz) | looses,vypouští v: Zdeněk Brož |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
fringed loosestrife (encz) | fringed loosestrife, n: |
garden loosestrife (encz) | garden loosestrife, n: |
gooseneck loosestrife (encz) | gooseneck loosestrife, n: |
hyssop loosestrife (encz) | hyssop loosestrife, n: |
loosest (encz) | loosest,nejvolnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
loosestrife (encz) | loosestrife, n: |
loosestrife family (encz) | loosestrife family, n: |
purple loosestrife (encz) | purple loosestrife, n: |
spiked loosestrife (encz) | spiked loosestrife, n: |
whorled loosestrife (encz) | whorled loosestrife, n: |
yellow loosestrife (encz) | yellow loosestrife, n: |
False loosestrife (gcide) | Loosestrife \Loose"strife`\ (l[=oo]s"str[imac]f`), n. (Bot.)
(a) The name of several species of plants of the genus
Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually
of a yellow color.
(b) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in
some species, crimson flowers. --Gray.
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False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which
includes several species, most of which are found in the
United States.
Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora,
found in the northern parts of the United States and in
Europe. --Gray.
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Loosest (gcide) | Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar. Looser (l[=oo]s"[~e]r);
superl. Loosest.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin
to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le['a]s false, deceitful, G. los,
loose, Dan. & Sw. l["o]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [root]127.
See Lose, and cf. Leasing falsehood.]
1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed,
or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
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Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
--Shak.
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2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty,
habit, etc.; -- with from or of.
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Now I stand
Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?
--Addison.
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3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
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4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of
loose texture.
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With horse and chariots ranked in loose array.
--Milton.
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5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose
style, or way of reasoning.
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The comparison employed . . . must be considered
rather as a loose analogy than as an exact
scientific explanation. --Whewel.
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6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to
some standard of right.
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The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. Unconnected; rambling.
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Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose
and unconnected pages. --I. Watts.
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8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke.
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9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
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Loose ladies in delight. --Spenser.
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10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language;
as, a loose epistle. --Dryden.
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At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly
managed.
Fast and loose. See under Fast.
To break loose. See under Break.
Loose pulley. (Mach.) See Fast and loose pulleys, under
Fast.
To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set
at liberty.
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Loosestrife (gcide) | Loosestrife \Loose"strife`\ (l[=oo]s"str[imac]f`), n. (Bot.)
(a) The name of several species of plants of the genus
Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually
of a yellow color.
(b) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in
some species, crimson flowers. --Gray.
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False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which
includes several species, most of which are found in the
United States.
Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora,
found in the northern parts of the United States and in
Europe. --Gray.
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Tufted loosestrife (gcide) | Loosestrife \Loose"strife`\ (l[=oo]s"str[imac]f`), n. (Bot.)
(a) The name of several species of plants of the genus
Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually
of a yellow color.
(b) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in
some species, crimson flowers. --Gray.
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False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which
includes several species, most of which are found in the
United States.
Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora,
found in the northern parts of the United States and in
Europe. --Gray.
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fringed loosestrife (wn) | fringed loosestrife
n 1: of North America [syn: fringed loosestrife, {Lysimachia
ciliatum}] |
garden loosestrife (wn) | garden loosestrife
n 1: frequently considered a weed; Europe and Asia [syn: {yellow
loosestrife}, garden loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris] |
gooseneck loosestrife (wn) | gooseneck loosestrife
n 1: a variety of the loosestrife herb [syn: {gooseneck
loosestrife}, Lysimachia clethroides Duby] |
hyssop loosestrife (wn) | hyssop loosestrife
n 1: annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of
Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas [syn: {grass
poly}, hyssop loosestrife, Lythrum hyssopifolia] |
loosestrife (wn) | loosestrife
n 1: any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
2: any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia |
loosestrife family (wn) | loosestrife family
n 1: herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple
flowers [syn: Lythraceae, family Lythraceae,
loosestrife family] |
purple loosestrife (wn) | purple loosestrife
n 1: marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally
of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States [syn:
purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife, {Lythrum
salicaria}] |
spiked loosestrife (wn) | spiked loosestrife
n 1: marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally
of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States [syn:
purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrife, {Lythrum
salicaria}] |
whorled loosestrife (wn) | whorled loosestrife
n 1: common North American yellow-flowered plant [syn: {whorled
loosestrife}, Lysimachia quadrifolia] |
yellow loosestrife (wn) | yellow loosestrife
n 1: frequently considered a weed; Europe and Asia [syn: {yellow
loosestrife}, garden loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris] |
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