Definition of loosen

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Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..

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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..
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..
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
Solutive :: Solutive (a.) Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.
Unmortise :: Unmortise (v. t.) To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.
Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..
Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent..
Untighten :: Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
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..
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.
Gomphiasis :: Gomphiasis (n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets..
Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..
Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Deglutinate :: Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.
Uncord :: Uncord (v. t.) To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package..
Unloosen :: Unloosen (v. t.) To loosen; to unloose.
Loosening :: Loosening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loose.
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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