Loosen Definition

lo͝osən
loosened, loosening, loosens
verb
loosened, loosening, loosens
To make looser or less tight.
American Heritage Medicine
To free from restraint, pressure, or strictness.
Loosened the requirements for graduation.
American Heritage
To make or become loose or looser.
Webster's New World
To free (the bowels) from constipation.
American Heritage

To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.

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idiom
loosen up
  • to talk freely
  • to relax
Webster's New World

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Origin of Loosen

  • Middle English lousnen, losnen from losen from los loose loose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From loose +"Ž -en.

    From Wiktionary

Loosen Sentence Examples

  • Then gently loosen all around it with a fork.

  • You can also loosen thick butter with a bit of water.

  • These are then hermetically closed, and left for a few hours for the gum to ferment and loosen.

  • As carbon tends to hold the atom attached to it, one may presume that this property expresses itself in a predominant way where the other element is carbon also, and so the linkage represented by -C-C-is one of the most difficult to loosen.

  • Fury and sadness made him loosen control of his magic.

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Words Starting With

LLOLOO

Words Ending With

NENSEN

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Words Starting With L and Ending With N

Starts With L & Ends With NStarts With LO & Ends With NStarts With L & Ends With EN

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With N