- (v.i.) To become loose; to become less tight, firm or compact.
- (v.t.) To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
- (v.t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
- (v.t.) To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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