Past tense of loose
regular verb
The past tense of loose is loosed. The past participle is also loosed.
Forms of loose
| Base form (V1) | loose /luːs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | loosed |
| Past participle (V3) | loosed |
| Present participle | loosing |
| Third person singular | looses |
Loosed in a sentence
- They loosed off a couple of rounds at the enemy.From the entry loose off
- As fear chilled him to the bone, he loosed a final piteous groan.2011, Felix Hagan, “Vengeance On My Mind”, in Dawn Breaks, the Monster Wakes.... From the entry piteous
- Then, as if a spring had been loosed, the world suddenly leaped to a hideous life.1916, John Buchan, Greenmantle. From the entry rafale
- They fire arrowheads that can cut through steel, and for every arrow loosed by a crossbowsman, a longbowsman can loose two.1997, J[ulie] V[ictoria] Jones, The Barbed Coil, Warner Books, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry longbowsman
- Before any drug or medicament is loosed upon the public, it is essential for its toxicity to be tested.1986 February 17, Maurice Miller, Hansard, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2019. From the entry medicament
Meaning of loose
- verb To let loose, to free from restraints.
- verb To unfasten, to loosen.
- verb To make less tight, to loosen.
Questions about the past tense of loose
- What is the past tense of loose?
- The past tense of loose is loosed.
- What is the past participle of loose?
- The past participle of loose is loosed.
- Is loose a regular or irregular verb?
- Loose is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: loose (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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