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    UNLOOSEN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they unloosen  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it unloosens  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: unloosened  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: unloosened  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: unloosening  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Loosen the ties ofplay

    Example:

    unloose your sneakers

    Synonyms:

    unloose; unloosen

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

    unbrace; unlace; untie (undo the ties of)

    Sentence frames:

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Grant freedom to; free from confinementplay

    Synonyms:

    free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    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

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