Definition of loosen

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Loosen (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth..

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Uncord :: Uncord (v. t.) To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package..
Unloose :: Unloose (v. t.) To make loose; to loosen; to set free.
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
Diarrhoea :: Diarrhoea (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux..
Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..
Loosen :: Loosen (v. i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow..
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
Loosener :: Loosener (n.) One who, or that which, loosens..
Unmortise :: Unmortise (v. t.) To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together..
Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..
Release :: Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance..
Loosening :: Loosening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loose.
Scarifier :: Scarifier (n.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface..
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Unsettle :: Unsettle (v. t.) To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Cultivator :: Cultivator (n.) An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles..
Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..
Looseness :: Looseness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles..
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