The meaning of LOOSEN is to release from restraint. How to use loosen in a sentence.

LOOSEN definition: to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter. See examples of loosen used in a sentence.

LOOSEN definition: 1. to (cause to) become loose: 2. to make something such as your hair or a piece of clothing less…. Learn more.

If you loosen something that is stretched across something else, you make it less stretched or tight. Insert a small knife into the top of the chicken breast to loosen the skin. [VERB noun]

6 days ago · loosen (third-person singular simple present loosens, present participle loosening, simple past and past participle loosened) (transitive) To make loose. Synonyms: ease, relax, untighten to …

to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter. slacken or relax: to loosen one's grasp. to make less firmly fixed in place: to loosen a tooth. to let loose or set free from bonds, restraint, or constraint. to make less …

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

Loosen definition: To free from restraint, pressure, or strictness.

Jan 4, 2015 · Synonyms for LOOSEN: relax, ease, detach, slack, slacken, undo, untie, unfasten; Antonyms of LOOSEN: tension, tighten, stretch, tense, bind, attach, strain, tie

If you loosen your clothing or something that is tied or fastened, you undo it slightly so that it is less tight or less firmly held in place.