Unbrace

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  • transitive verb. To set free by removing bands or braces.
  • transitive verb. To release from tension; relax.
  • transitive verb. To make slack; weaken.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To remove the points or braces of; free from tension or constraint; loose; relax: as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the arms; to unbrace the nerves.
  • To carve; disjoint.
  • To grow flaccid; relax; hang loose.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To free from tension; to relax; to loose.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. undo the ties of
  • verb. remove a brace or braces from
  • verb. remove from tension
  • Word Usage
    "ÂÂCaptain Jax waited until he was sure the worst was over before instructing the muscles in his body to unbrace themselves from his seat, and it took some time before those muscles began to obey."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    relax  unbend  weaken  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Loos  loose  relax  
    verb-form