loosen

Verb
  1. Make loose or looser (synset 200420328)
    "loosen the tension on a rope"
    causes: loose, loosen, relax - become loose or looser or less tight
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    same as: loose
  2. Make less severe or strict (synset 202607993)
    "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: relax
    verb group: loosen, relax - become less severe or strict
  3. Become less severe or strict (synset 202607805)
    "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    same as: relax
    verb group: loosen, relax - make less severe or strict
  4. Disentangle and raise the fibers of (synset 201466421)
    "tease wool"
    is a type of: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl - extricate from entanglement
    same as: tease, tease apart
  5. Cause to become loose (synset 201287511)
    "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: undo, untie
  6. Make less dense (synset 201278080)
    "loosen the soil"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
  7. Become loose or looser or less tight (synset 200420090)
    "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
    is a type of: weaken - become weaker
    same as: loose, relax

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