haze vs loose

haze

noun
  • A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid. 

  • Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.) 

  • An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent. 

  • Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory. 

  • The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent. 

  • Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine. 

verb
  • To use aversive stimuli on (a wild animal, such as a bear) to encourage it to keep its distance from humans. 

  • To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work. 

  • To be or become hazy, or thick with haze. 

  • To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit. 

  • In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line. 

loose

noun
  • A letting go; discharge. 

  • All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). 

  • The release of an arrow. 

  • Freedom from restraint. 

adj
  • Not compact. 

  • Not fitting closely 

  • Relaxed. 

  • Indiscreet. 

  • Not held or packaged together. 

  • Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate. 

  • Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game. 

  • Not fixed in place tightly or firmly. 

  • Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood). 

  • Not under control. 

  • Having oversteer. 

intj
  • begin shooting; release your arrows 

verb
  • Of a grip or hold, to let go. 

  • To shoot (an arrow). 

  • To let loose, to free from restraints. 

  • To make less tight, to loosen. 

  • To unfasten, to loosen. 

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