loosen
IPA: ɫˈusʌn
verb
- (transitive) To make loose.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
- (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
- (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
- (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- (transitive, obsolete) To create a breach or rift between (two parties).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To sail away (from the shore).
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Examples of "loosen" in Sentences
- And, you know -- so that can kind of loosen up the rock material.
- We winos are having to tighten, which is to say loosen, our belts.
- As George Santayana wrote, the only bond that a modern liberal wants to loosen is the marriage bond.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes or so; be sure to cut around the sides to loosen from the pan before cutting and serving.
- Also admittedly, loosen is more common by far than either of the un - forms, and Tiffany would have done better to use it.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes or so; be sure to cut around the sides to loosen from the pan before cutting and serving. comments
- Discussions are taking place in the Pentagon over how to "loosen" the restrictions imposed by the disastrous "don't ask, don't tell" policy, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
- Wood screws are preferred over nails for assembly, as potato bugs have been known to ram against the walls until the nails eventually loosen from the wood and work free, compromising the integrity of the structure, and allowing the creatures to infest your house and lay eggs in your ear canal or anus.
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