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Nouns (0)

Verbs (14)

v. raise; "up the ante"

loosen, make looser

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

relax, loosen, become loose, become looser

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

loosen, loose, make loose, make looser

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

tease, loosen, tease apart

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

Adverbs (3)

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

Adjectives (12)

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

Fuzzynyms (155)

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

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

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

Synonyms (39)

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

Antonyms (12)

tighten, fasten

v. make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

stiffen, become stiff, become stiffer, get stiff

v. become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"

stiffen, make stiff, make stiffer

v. make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

tighten, fasten

v. make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

loosen up

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