Definition of loosen

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Loosen (v. i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact..

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Scarifier :: Scarifier (n.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface..
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Uncord :: Uncord (v. t.) To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package..
Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
Release :: Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance..
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..
Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent..
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
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.
Start :: Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel..
Loose :: Loose (a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
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..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow..
Relax :: Relax (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels..
Unfix :: Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections..
Trench-plough :: Trench-plough (v. t.) To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual..
Solutive :: Solutive (a.) Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.
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