loosen
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make loose or looser
loosen the tension on a rope
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Sense 2 verb
make less severe or strict
The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- liberalization derivation
- loosen verb group
Sense 3 verb
become less severe or strict
The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- liberalization derivation
- loosen verb group
Sense 4 verb
disentangle and raise the fibers of
tease wool
Types & categories
- unsnarl hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
cause to become loose
undo the shoelace
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- loosening derivation
- untying derivation
- unfastener derivation
Sense 6 verb
make less dense
loosen the soil
Types & categories
Sense 7 verb
become loose or looser or less tight
The noose loosened
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | stiffen |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | relax |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | loosening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | loosening |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | relax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slacken |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unscrew |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unscrew |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberalization |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | loosen |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberalization |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | loosen |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | teaser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | teaser |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | unsnarl |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | loosening |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | untying |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | unfastener |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | scarify |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluff |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | stiffen |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | loosening |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | loosening |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |