Definition of loosen

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

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Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
Gomphiasis :: Gomphiasis (n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets..
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews..
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..
Trench-plough :: Trench-plough (v. t.) To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual..
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..
Unrein :: Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
Lax :: Lax (n.) A looseness; diarrhea.
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..
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..
Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Scarifier :: Scarifier (n.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface..
Loosened :: Loosened (imp. & p. p.) of Loose.
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.
Deglutinate :: Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.
Untighten :: Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
Open :: Open (v. t.) To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers..
Loosen :: Loosen (v. i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact..
Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot..
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