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loos⋅en
[loo-suh
n] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter. |
| 2. | to make less tight; slacken or relax: to loosen one's grasp. |
| 3. | to make less firmly fixed in place: to loosen a tooth. |
| 4. | to let loose or set free from bonds, restraint, or constraint. |
| 5. | to make less close or compact in structure or arrangement. |
| 6. | to make less dense or coherent: to loosen the soil in a garden. |
| 7. | to relax in strictness or severity, as restraint or discipline: to loosen restrictions on trade. |
| 8. | to relieve (the bowels) of their constipated condition. |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | to become loose or looser (sometimes fol. by up): His hold loosened. Your shoes will loosen up with wear. |
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| loos·en (lōō'sən) v. loos·ened, loos·en·ing, loos·ens v. tr.
To become loose or looser. [Middle English lousnen, losnen, from losen, from los, loose; see loose.] |
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