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Bookmark or Share- Loosen Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : to release from restraint. 2. : to make looser. loosened his tie. loosen a screw. 3. : to relieve (the bowels) of constipation. 4. : to cause or permit to become less strict often used with up. loosened the rules. intransitive verb. : to become loose or looser. Synonyms. ease. relax. slack.
- LOOSEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryloosen verb (MAKE NOT ATTACHED) Add to word list. Add to word list. [ I/T ] to become or make something less firmly fixed: [ I ] The screws holding the light fixture have loosened, and it’s dangling from the ceiling. [ T ] fig. When immigration laws were loosened, the number of immigrants shot up.
- LOOSEN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comto make less close or compact in structure or arrangement. to make less dense or coherent: to loosen the soil in a garden. to relax in strictness or severity, as restraint or discipline: to loosen restrictions on trade. to relieve (the bowels) of their constipated condition.
- LOOSEN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary1. verb. If someone loosens restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe. Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates. [VERB noun] Drilling regulations, too, have been loosened to speed the development of the fields. [VERB noun] loosening singular noun.
- LOOSEN Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam ...Synonyms for LOOSEN: relax, ease, detach, slack, slacken, undo, untie, unfasten; Antonyms of LOOSEN: tension, tighten, stretch, tense, bind, attach, strain, tie.
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