Unloosen

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  • transitive verb. To unloose.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To unloose; loosen.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To loosen; to unloose.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To unloose; to loosen
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. grant freedom to; free from confinement
  • verb. loosen the ties of
  • Word Usage
    "Not only that, but unloosen is actually a perfectly good, old verb; so is unloose, which turns up in Shakespeare and Sheridan and Shelley."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unbrace  unlace  untie  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    bail  bail out  parole  run  unchain  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cast off  detach  disengage  doff  free  
    verb-form