unbind, untie, unfasten; set free, release; make less tight, slacken; make less dense or compact; make less strict or severe; free from constipation; become loose
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(v. t.)
To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
(v. i.)
To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.
loosen
\loos"en\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. loosened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. loosening.] [see loose, v. t.]
1. 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. after a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening of the earth.
2. to free from restraint; to set at liberty.. it loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
3. to remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
loosen
\loos"en\, v. i. to become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. sharp.
loosen
v
1. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: loose]
[ant: stiffen]
2. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, tease apart]
3. cause to become loos; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" [syn: untie, undo]
4. make less dense
5. become loose or looser; "the noose loosened" [syn: relax]
[ant: stiffen]
similar words(1)
loosen up
Verb
1. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
(synonym) loose
(antonym) stiffen
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) relax, unbend
(cause) relax, loose
(derivation) relaxation, loosening, slackening
2. make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
(synonym) relax
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(verb-group) relax
3. become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
(synonym) relax
(hypernym) change
(verb-group) relax
4. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
(synonym) tease, tease apart
(hypernym) disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out
5. cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
(synonym) untie, undo
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) loosening, laxation
6. make less dense; "loosen the soil"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) scarify
7. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
(synonym) relax, loose
(antonym) stiffen
(hypernym) weaken
(derivation) relaxation, loosening, slackening
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