loosen

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verb

1. make loose or looser (Freq. 5)
- loosen the tension on a rope
• Syn:
loose
• Ant:
stiffen
• Derivationally related forms:
loosening
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
relax, unbend, slacken, remit, slack, unscrew
• Cause:
relax, loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. make less severe or strict
- The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
• Syn:
relax
• Derivationally related forms:
relaxation (for: relax)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Group:
relax
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. become less severe or strict
- The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
• Syn:
relax
• Derivationally related forms:
relaxation (for: relax)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Group:
relax
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. disentangle and raise the fibers of
- tease wool
• Syn:
tease, tease apart
• Derivationally related forms:
teaser (for: tease)
• Hypernyms:
disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. cause to become loose
- undo the shoelace
- untie the knot
- loosen the necktie
• Syn:
untie, undo
• Derivationally related forms:
loosening, undoer (for: undo), undoing (for: undo), untier (for: untie), untying (for: untie)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. make less dense
- loosen the soil
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
scarify, ruffle, fluff
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. become loose or looser or less tight
- The noose loosened
- the rope relaxed
• Syn:
relax, loose
• Ant:
stiffen
• Derivationally related forms:
relaxation (for: relax), loosening
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  relax, loose, untie, undo, tease, tease apart