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loosening |
2 definitions found 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]: loosening n 1: an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements": "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind" [syn: {relaxation}, {slackening}] 2: the act of making something less tight [ant: {tightening}]
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