loosen :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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"

ease, comfort

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

come off, detach, come away

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

remit, slacken

v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

bend, flex

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

lie, lie down

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

stretch, stretch out, unfold

v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

come off, detach, come away

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

ease, comfort

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

ease, move carefully, move gently

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

lounge

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

slouch, slump

v. assume a drooping posture or carriage

stay, rest, remain, continue

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"

relax, unlax, unwind, loosen up, unbend, decompress, slow down

v. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

retire, go into retirement

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

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

lie, tell a 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"

warp, falsify, distort, garble

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

strain, deform, distort

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

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

relax, unbend, make less tight

v. make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"

relax, unstrain, unlax, unwind, make relaxed, loosen up

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

put out, extend, stretch forth, hold out, stretch out

v. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"

rest, be in a resting position

v. not move; be in a resting position

unwind, unroll, wind off

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

undo, cause to become undone

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

shift, reposition, dislodge

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

disentangle, untangle, extricate, disencumber

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

tease, loosen, tease apart

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

remove, take out, move out

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

transfer, remove

come off, detach, come away

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

unfasten, cause to become unfastened

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

become undone, unfasten, become untied

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

work, bring, 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"

shift, reposition, dislodge

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

disentangle, untangle, extricate, disencumber

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

loosen, loose, make loose, make looser

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

loosen, make looser

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

remove, take out, move out

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

transfer, remove

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