loosen

loosen is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
3. transitive verb. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
4. intransitive verb. To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.
5. verb. become loose or looser or less tight

   "The noose loosened"

   "the rope relaxed"

   Synonyms: loose, relax

6. verb. make loose or looser

   "loosen the tension on a rope"

   Synonyms: loose

7. verb. make less dense

   "loosen the soil"

8. verb. cause to become loose

   "undo the shoelace"

   "untie the knot"

   Synonyms: undo, untie

9. verb. disentangle and raise the fibers of

   "tease wool"

   Synonyms: tease

10. verb. become less severe or strict

    "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

    Synonyms: relax

11. verb. make less severe or strict

    "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"

    Synonyms: relax

Synonyms

loose, relax, undo, untie, tease

Common word forms

loosens, loosened, loosener, loosening

Words from these letters

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