Definition of loosen

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Loosen (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..

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Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..
Loosened :: Loosened (imp. & p. p.) of Loose.
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
Twilly :: Twilly (n.) A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy..
Release :: Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance..
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow..
Loosening :: Loosening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loose.
Unloosen :: Unloosen (v. t.) To loosen; to unloose.
Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Relax :: Relax (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels..
Looseness :: Looseness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles..
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..
Unhook :: Unhook (v. t.) To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
Lax :: Lax (n.) A looseness; diarrhea.
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
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