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1. (v.t.) loosen
to make less tight:
to loosen a belt; to loosen one's grasp.
2. loosen
to make less firmly fixed in place:
to loosen a tooth.
3. loosen
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
4. loosen
to set free from restraint or constraint.
5. loosen
to make less compact or dense:
to loosen the soil.
6. loosen
to relax in strictness or severity.
7. loosen
to relieve (the bowels) of constipation.
8. (v.i.) loosen
to become loose or looser (sometimes fol. by up).
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| Definition of 'loosen' |
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1. (verb) loosen, loose
make loose or looser
"loosen the tension on a rope"
2. (verb) relax, loosen
make less severe or strict
"The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
3. (verb) relax, loosen
become less severe or strict
"The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
4. (verb) tease, tease apart, loosen
disentangle and raise the fibers of
"tease wool"
5. (verb) untie, undo, loosen
cause to become loose
"undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
6. (verb) loosen
make less dense
"loosen the soil"
7. (verb) loosen, relax, loose
become loose or looser or less tight
"The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
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1. (verb) loosen
≠ tighten
The knot had loosened.; She loosened the knot.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) loosen
to make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth
2. (verb) loosen
to free from restraint; to set at liberty.
3. (verb) loosen
to remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of
4. (verb) loosen
to become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact
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Sense: to make or become loose
She loosened the string; The screw had loosened and fallen out.
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 Afrikaans: losmaak |
 Arabic: يَفُك، يُرْخي |
 Bulgarian: разхлабвам |
 Brazilian: afrouxar |
 Czech: uvolnit (se) |
 German: (sich )lösen |
 Danish: løsne; løsne sig |
 Greek: χαλαρώνω κτ., γίνομαι πιο |
 Spanish: desatar |
 Estonian: lõdvenema, lõdvendama, la |
 Farsi: شل کردن |
 Finnish: löysentää |
 French: (se) desserrer |
 Hebrew: לְשַחרר, לְהִשתַחרֵר |
 Hindi: ढीला करना |
 Croatian: otpustiti se, olabaviti |
 Hungarian: kibont; kioldódik, meglaz |
 Indonesian: melepaskan |
 Icelandic: losna; losa, leysa |
 Italian: allentare, slacciare |
 Japanese: ゆるくする |
 Korean: 풀다, 벗기다 |
 Lithuanian: at(si)palaiduoti, at(si)l |
 Latvian: kļūt vaļīgam; atraisīt |
 Malay: melonggarkan |
 Dutch: losser maken, losgaan |
 Norwegian: løsne, løse på |
 Polish: poluźnić, obluzować się |
 Persian: ،سست كردن شل کردن |
 Pashto: سستول،شل كول |
 Portuguese: afrouxar |
 Romanian: a (se) desface |
 Russian: ослаблять(ся) |
 Slovak: uvoľniť (sa) |
 Slovenian: popustiti |
 Serbian: olabaviti |
 Swedish: lossa [på], lossna |
 Thai: ทำให้หลวม |
 Turkish: gevşe(t)mek |
 Taiwanese: 解開，鬆掉 |
 Ukrainian: ослабляти(ся) |
 Urdu: ڈھیلا کرنا یا ہونا |
 Vietnamese: nới lỏng |
 Chinese: 解开 |
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