loosen :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (11)

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

relax, loosen

v. become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

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Fuzzynyms (143)

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

comfort, ease

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

undo

v. cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

unfasten

v. cause to become undone; "unfasten your belt"

unfasten

v. become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened"

bring, work, play, wreak, make for

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

stay, remain, rest

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

soothe

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

rest

v. not move; be in a resting position

unwind, wind off, unroll

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

slacken, remit

v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

bend, flex

v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

lie down, lie

v. assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

stretch, stretch out

v. extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

comfort, ease

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

ease

v. move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

lounge

v. sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"

slump, slouch

v. assume a drooping posture or carriage

stay, remain, rest

relax, loosen

v. become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

lie

v. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

falsify, distort, garble, warp

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

color, colour, distort

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

deform, distort, strain

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"