intransitive verb. To make looser or less tight.

intransitive verb. To free from restraint, pressure, or strictness.

intransitive verb. To free (the bowels) from constipation.

intransitive verb. To become loose or looser.

phrasal verb. To do stretches or light exercise before a more strenuous activity.

phrasal verb. To become less strict or tense, as in one's demeanor; relax.

To make loose; free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness: as, to loosen a knot; to loosen a joint; to loosen a rock in the earth.

To render less dense or compact: as, to loosen the soil about the roots of a plant.

To let loose; free from restraint or confinement.

To become loose; become less tight, firm, or compact.

intransitive verb. To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.

transitive verb. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact

transitive verb. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..

transitive verb. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.

verb. make something less tight; unfasten

verb. make less severe or strict

verb. make loose or looser

verb. disentangle and raise the fibers of

verb. become less severe or strict

verb. cause to become loose

verb. become loose or looser or less tight

verb. make less dense

"Cool in the pan for 15 minutes or so; be sure to cut around the sides to loosen from the pan before cutting and serving. comments"

tighten  

lose  to loosen a cough  to loosen the bowels  

loose  unloosen  

loosen the apron strings  loosen the purse strings  loosened  loosener  loosening  

alter  change  disentangle  modify  straighten out  

awkwardto  disband  foothand  heighten  lessen  

abate  bate  cast off  cushion  cut apart  

loosened  loosening  loosens