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Noun loosening has 2 senses
- relaxation, loosening, slackening - an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
--1 is a kind of weakening
--1 has particulars: thaw
- loosening, laxation - the act of making something less tight
--2 is a kind of alteration, modification, adjustment
Antonyms: tightening
--2 has particulars: untying, undoing, unfastening
Verb loosen has 7 senses
- loosen, loose - make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: stiffen
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- relax, loosen - make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- relax, loosen - become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
--3 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- tease, tease apart, loosen - disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
--4 is one way to disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- untie, undo, loosen - cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- loosen - make less dense; "loosen the soil"
--6 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- loosen, relax, loose - become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
--7 is one way to weaken
Antonyms: stiffen
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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