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loosen |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loosen \Loos"en\, v. i. To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. --S. Sharp. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Bacon. 2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.. It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding. --Dryden. 3. To remove costiveness from to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: make less dense 4: become loose or looser; "The noose loosened" [syn: {relax}] [ant: {stiffen}]
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