Defenition of the word loosen
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Defenition of the word loosen
- To make less tight.
- To make undone or untied; to free from any fastening.
- make less dense
- make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
- become loose or looser; "The noose loosened"
- disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
- become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
- make less dense; "loosen the soil"
- cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
- become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
- make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make loose or looser
- cause to become loose
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- become less severe or strict
- make less severe or strict
Synonyms for the word loosen
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- come loose
- come undone
- come untied
- loose
- relax
- release
- slacken
- slacken off
- tease
- tease apart
- undo
- untie
- work loose
Similar words in the loosen
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- loosen
- loosened
- looseness
- looseness's
- loosening
- loosens
Hyponyms for the word loosen
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- fluff
- relax
- remit
- ruffle
- scarify
- slack
- slacken
- unbend
- unscrew
Hypernyms for the word loosen
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- alter
- change
- disentangle
- modify
- straighten out
- unsnarl
- weaken
Antonyms for the word loosen
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