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Meaning of loosen

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  loosen
      v 1: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn:
           {loosen}, {loose}] [ant: {stiffen}]
      2: make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the
         curfew after most of the rebels were caught" [syn: {relax},
         {loosen}]
      3: become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the
         new director arrived" [syn: {relax}, {loosen}]
      4: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn:
         {tease}, {tease apart}, {loosen}]
      5: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot";
         "loosen the necktie" [syn: {untie}, {undo}, {loosen}]
      6: make less dense; "loosen the soil"
      7: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened";
         "the rope relaxed" [syn: {loosen}, {relax}, {loose}] [ant:
         {stiffen}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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