Term: loosen





loosen (verb) /ˈluː.sən/

Similar to: relax; unfasten; release; ease Definition: to make something less tight or less firmly fixed; to become less strict or rigid. Translation: atbrīvot, atslābināt, padarīt vaļīgāku Examples: “He had to loosen his tie after the big meal.” “The government decided to loosen the travel restrictions after the cases dropped.” “You need to loosen the screw slightly before you can move the bracket.”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
loosen (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to release from restraint
2.
to make - looser loosened his tie loosen a screw
3.
to relieve (the bowels) of constipation
4.
intransitive verb
to cause or permit to become less strict - often used with up loosened the rules to become or looser - loose
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
loosen (verb)
1.
to make less taut
SYNONYMS:
ease, loosen, relax, slack
RELATED WORDS:
detach, free, unbind, undo, unfasten, untie
NEAR ANTONYMS:
attach, bind, fasten, tie; constrain, restrain
strain, stretch, tense, tension, tighten
loosen (verb)
2.
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
SYNONYMS:
discharge, disenthrall ( disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
RELATED WORDS:
bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save; adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate; unshackle
NEAR ANTONYMS:
handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up); conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate
bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain
loosen (verb)
3.
to set free (from a state of being held in check)
SYNONYMS:
loose, loosen, uncork, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen
RELATED WORDS:
discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unmoor, unshackle; air, express, take out, vent
NEAR ANTONYMS:
handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; bind, confine, enchain, fetter; halter, hamper
bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain, smother, tame
loosen (verb)
to free from obstruction or difficulty
SYNONYMS:
facilitate, grease, loosen (up), smooth, unclog
RELATED WORDS:
accelerate, expedite, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, speed; advance, forward, further, promote; abet, aid, assist, help, improve; disentangle, straighten (out), untangle; simplify, streamline
NEAR ANTONYMS:
hinder, impede; retard; aggravate, worsen; perplex, sophisticate
complicate
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