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| VERB | 1 | loosen, loose | Make loose or looser |
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| 2 | loosen, relax | Make less severe or strict | |
| 3 | loosen, relax | Become less severe or strict | |
| 4 | loosen, tease, tease apart | Disentangle and raise the fibers of | |
| 5 | loosen, untie, undo | Cause to become loose | |
| 6 | loosen | Make less dense | |
| 7 | loosen, relax, loose | Become loose or looser or less tight |
| Sounds | luw'sahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Make loose or looser. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| Synonyms | loose |
| Contrary | stiffen |
| Cause to | loosen, relax, loose |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | relax, unbend; slacken, remit; slack; unscrew; unscrew |
| Entailed by | pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy |
| Nouns | loosening; loosening |
| Meaning | Make less severe or strict. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | relax |
| Similar to | relax, loosen |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Meaning | Become less severe or strict. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | relax |
| Similar to | relax, loosen |
| Broader | change |
| Meaning | Disentangle and raise the fibers of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | tease, tease apart |
| Broader | disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out |
| Meaning | Cause to become loose. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "loosen the necktie" |
| Synonyms | untie, undo |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Nouns | loosening |
| Meaning | Make less dense. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "loosen the soil" |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | scarify; ruffle, fluff |
| Meaning | Become loose or looser or less tight. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "The noose loosened" |
| Synonyms | relax, loose |
| Contrary | stiffen |
| Caused by | loosen, loose |
| Broader | weaken |
| Nouns | loosening; loosening |
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