Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To unfasten; untie.
- transitive verb To set free from or as if from restraints.
- transitive verb To relax.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To loose; unfasten; untie; undo; unravel.
- To let go or free from hold or fastening; unbind from bonds, fetters, cords, or the like; set at liberty; release.
- To become unfastened; fall in pieces; lose all connection or union.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make loose; to loosen; to set free.
- intransitive verb To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
release from a constraint; toset free orliberate - verb To
unfasten ,untie - verb To
disengage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
- verb loosen the ties of
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Examples
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If there is a vulture whose claws are hard to unloose from the vitals of the spirit, I think it is jealousy.
Daisy in the Field 1869
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Mr. Baxter makes an acute connection between meanness and the raw pleasure it can unloose.
Suburban Tensions In a Gauzy Glow Sam Sacks 2011
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The tail hairs are well-rooted, so it takes as many as a dozen firm tugs to unloose them.
Wondering if That's a Genuine Bison? Try Pulling Its Tail Stephanie Simon 2011
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She oozes over the crunk fireworks display that is "Ribbon" (my personal favorite), "You make me feel so unloose."
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She oozes over the crunk fireworks display that is "Ribbon" (my personal favorite), "You make me feel so unloose."
fourfour: 2009
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If they would just unloose her ankles, perhaps she could make a run for it.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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He has, until this point, been so softly spoken, so benign-looking with his white hair and white beard, that it's easy to forget the power he's able to unloose onstage.
Derek Jacobi's King Lear: 'I've always felt slightly young for the role, but now I'm 72…' Carole Cadwalladr 2010
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Any other solution may unloose forces that would complicate prospects of international order.71
How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010
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“It is unbelievable what happens when you unloose fear,” he said.
Be Excellent at Anything Tony Schwartz 2010
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If they would just unloose her ankles, perhaps she could make a run for it.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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