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  • 1loose — [[t]lu͟ːs[/t]] ♦♦♦ looser, loosest, looses, loosing, loosed 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is loose is not firmly held or fixed in place. If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it s taken out... Two wooden beams had come loose …

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  • 2thread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of cotton, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ delicate (usually figurative), fine, fragile (usually figurative), thin ▪ Our lives hang by a fragil …

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  • 3loose — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Loose is used with these nouns as the object: ↑grip {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not firmly fixed VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem ▪ One of the bricks feels slightly loose …

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  • 4A screw loose — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 5Screw thread — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 6Screw thread — Internal and external threads illustrated using a common nut and bolt. The screw and nut pair can be used to convert torque into linear force. As the screw (or bolt) is rotated, the screw moves along its axis through the fixed nut, or the non… …

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  • 7Floss thread — Floss Floss (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. [1913 Webster] 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in… …

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  • 8ravel — I. verb ( eled or elled; eling or ravelling) Etymology: Dutch rafelen, from rafel loose thread Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. a. to separate or undo the texture of ; unravel …

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  • 10Dennis Cooper — Born 1953 (age 57–58) Pasadena, California Occupation Novelist, poet, critic, editor, blogger, and performance artist Subjects Sexual fantasy …

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