What does loosen mean?
Definitions for loosen
ˈlu sənloosen
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word loosen.
Princeton's WordNet
loosen, looseverb
make loose or looser
"loosen the tension on a rope"
relax, loosenverb
make less severe or strict
"The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
relax, loosenverb
become less severe or strict
"The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
tease, tease apart, loosenverb
disentangle and raise the fibers of
"tease wool"
untie, undo, loosenverb
cause to become loose
"undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
loosenverb
make less dense
"loosen the soil"
loosen, relax, looseverb
become loose or looser or less tight
"The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
Wiktionary
loosenverb
make something less tight; unfasten
After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Loosenverb
Etymology: from loose.
After a year’s rooting, then shaking doth the tree good, by loosening of the earth. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
She breaks her back, the loosen’d sides give way,
And plunge the Tuscan soldiers in the sea. John Dryden, Æn.It resolves those difficulties which the rules beget; it loosens his hands, and assists his understanding. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
Fear looseneth the belly; because the heat retiring towards the heart, the guts are relaxed in the same manner as fear also causeth trembling. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 41.
To Loosenverb
To part.
Etymology: from loose.
When the polypus appears in the throat, extract it that way; it being more ready to loosen when pulled in that direction than by the nose. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.
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loosen
To loosen generally means to make something less tight, less firmly fixed, or less tense. It could also mean to relax or possibly to relieve from a constraint.
Webster Dictionary
Loosenverb
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
Loosenverb
to free from restraint; to set at liberty.
Loosenverb
to remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of
Loosenverb
to become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact
Etymology: [See Loose, v. t.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LOOSEN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loosen is ranked #104602 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Loosen surname appeared 171 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Loosen.
98.8% or 169 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of loosen in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of loosen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of loosen in a Sentence
It was the first round in four months and I'll loosen up, hopefully, the way I'm playing will show in the score. But today, it just didn't.
Going forward, if rates move a little higher than expected then the dollar will go up a little. However, if at any time next year the market thinks the Fed may need to loosen in 2017, then the dollar will plummet. The risk/reward in 2016 is for a weaker dollar.
Powell is trying to have it both ways, this ultimately may be the last rate hike this year, but Powell has to make the market believe that it isn’t because that would loosen financial conditions too much.
What is unclear at this stage is whether Russia will continue to pursue a maximalist plan to capture all or most of The Ukrainians, which we assess would require more resources even as The Russian military has begun to loosen The Russian military rules of engagements to achieve their military objectives.
We think there will selling of banks over the course of 2016, with corporate credit secondary market liquidity non-existent and with wage growth absent, bank lending standards are likely to tighten, not loosen.
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- يفككArabic
- uvolnitCzech
- lösen, lockernGerman
- soltar, aflojarSpanish
- irrottaa, höllätä, löyhentää, vapauttaa, helpottaa, löysätäFinnish
- desserrerFrench
- scaoilIrish
- laxigarIdo
- allentareItalian
- ほどく, ゆるめるJapanese
- labefacioLatin
- whakatangatangaMāori
- løse, løsneNorwegian
- losmakenDutch
- løyseNorwegian Nynorsk
- afrouxarPortuguese
- desfaceRomanian
- ослабля́ть, осла́битьRussian
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