The Meaning of loosen

• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
• (v. t.) To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
• (v. i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.

Synonyms

loose , relax , relax , tease , tease apart , untie , undo , relax , loose

Antonyms

stiffen , stiffen

Rhymes

acuson , corneliuson , fuson , goosen , goossen , heusen , hewson , hughson , husen , huson , meeuwsen , newson , nusen , poussin , skousen , vandusen , yusen