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loosen 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈlo͞osən/,
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loosened, past participle; loosens, 3rd person singular present; loosening, present participle; loosened, past tense;
  1. Make (something tied, fastened, or fixed in place) less tight or firm
    • - loosen your collar and tie
  2. Make more lax
    • - his main mistake was to loosen monetary policy
    • - a loosening of the benefit rules
  3. Relax (one's grip or muscles)
    • - he loosened his hold so she could pull her arms free
  4. Become relaxed or less tight
    • - the stiffness in his shoulders had loosened
  5. Make (a connection or relationship) less strong
    • - he wanted to strengthen rather than loosen union links
  6. (with reference to the bowels) Make or become relaxed before excretion
    • - his bowels loosened in terror
  1. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
  2. relax: make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
  3. tease: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
  4. untie: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
  5. make less dense; "loosen the soil"
  6. (loosened) disentangled: straightened out
  7. (loosening) relaxation: an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
  8. (loosening) the act of making something less tight
  9. (v) çuçhularģa, çuçhurģa, cumuşatırģa