UNLOOSEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unloosen mean? 

• UNLOOSEN (verb)
  The verb UNLOOSEN has 2 senses:

1. grant freedom to; free from confinement

2. loosen the ties of

  Familiarity information: UNLOOSEN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNLOOSEN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unloosen    ... he / she / it unloosens   
Past simple: unloosened   
Past participle: unloosened   
-ing form: unloosening   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grant freedom to; free from confinement

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unloosen"):

unspell (release from a spell)

unchain (make free)

bail (release after a security has been paid)

run (set animals loose to graze)

bail out (free on bail)

parole (release a criminal from detention and place him on parole)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Loosen the ties of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unloose; unloosen

Context example:

unloose your sneakers

Hypernyms (to "unloosen" is one way to...):

unbrace; unlace; untie (undo the ties of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody