Loosen
verb
To make something less tight or firm.
He had to loosen his belt after the big meal.
Often appears as...
- loosen the screw
- loosen the knot
verb
To become less strict or relaxed.
After a long day, loosen up and watch some TV.
Often appears as...
- loosen up
- loosen the rules
verb
To separate or break something into smaller parts.
Loosen the soil before planting seeds.
Often appears as...
- loosen the soil
- loosen the clumps
verb
To make something less tight or firm.
He had to loosen his belt after the big meal.
Often appears as...
- loosen the screw
- loosen the knot
verb
To become less strict or relaxed.
After a long day, loosen up and watch some TV.
Often appears as...
- loosen up
- loosen the rules
verb
To separate or break something into smaller parts.
Loosen the soil before planting seeds.
Often appears as...
- loosen the soil
- loosen the clumps
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Adjustment
Used when adjusting clothes or objects to create more space or comfort.
I had to loosen my shoelaces because they were too tight.
Pro Tip 2/2Object Interaction
When dealing with machinery or items, 'loosen' is about turning or adjusting parts.
Could you help me loosen this jar lid? It's stuck.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Adjustment
Used when adjusting clothes or objects to create more space or comfort.
I had to loosen my shoelaces because they were too tight.
Pro Tip 2/2Object Interaction
When dealing with machinery or items, 'loosen' is about turning or adjusting parts.
Could you help me loosen this jar lid? It's stuck.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Adjustment
Used when adjusting clothes or objects to create more space or comfort.
I had to loosen my shoelaces because they were too tight.
Pro Tip 2/2Object Interaction
When dealing with machinery or items, 'loosen' is about turning or adjusting parts.
Could you help me loosen this jar lid? It's stuck.
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This sea creature...
it aids in efficient locomotion, enables sea cucumbers to fit into small spaces, and allows them to reproduce asexually by splitting apart. But MCT’s most explosive application is employed when a predator attacks. By loosening the attachments of internal tissues then quickly softening and contracting their muscles,
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A new way to study the...
And every time one of those little handles is around, the polymer will bind to the handle, and that's exactly what we need in order to pull the molecules apart from each other. All right, the moment of truth. We have to treat this specimen with a chemical to kind of loosen up all the molecules from each other,
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The science of friction...
Friction is the force that opposes motion. Wear is the loss or transfer of material. It's the reason you have to replace your favorite shoes, because eventually the soles disappear. Lubricants are used to reduce friction and wear. They loosen up those stubborn rusted bolts that just otherwise will not budge.
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The surprising reasons...
you do what any courageous, self-respecting possum would curl into an immobile state called catatonia, stick out your tongue, drool, and ooze some foul-smelling liquid from your anal glands. Disgusted, your assailant loosens its grip, decides you’re not the dinner it was looking for,
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MDMA Therapy PIPE Drugs,...
loosening around the judgment that they have about themselves about what has happened there's a loosening around shed the shame and so there's a room then to engage those memories or the experiences in a very different way I am so at peace
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Can You Survive...
covered with dangerous patches of quicksand when water floods into sand it forces the sand particles apart causing the ground to loosen what's left is a soggy combination of the two that can no longer support as much weight so when
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My year of saying yes to...
The air is so rare in this place for me that I can barely breathe. I can barely believe I'm breathing. Play is the opposite of work. And I am happy. Something in me loosens. A door in my brain swings open,
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What would it be like if...
and still control us and it loosens up a little bit you have different perspectives gives us a broader perspective and you may discover that what you're told to believe no longer
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How To Survive Quicksand...
Fighting against it will suck me deeper into the sand. The way out is staying calm and making only small movements. It's like loosening up concrete. It's a very strange feeling,
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Cow Nurtures Three...
babies I am daisies an old hand but this time she's got tricks this is their standard stand stand stand in the dance okay loosen blindfold bring it up to the door
Video examples
This sea creature...
it aids in efficient locomotion, enables sea cucumbers to fit into small spaces, and allows them to reproduce asexually by splitting apart. But MCT’s most explosive application is employed when a predator attacks. By loosening the attachments of internal tissues then quickly softening and contracting their muscles,
Video examples
A new way to study the...
And every time one of those little handles is around, the polymer will bind to the handle, and that's exactly what we need in order to pull the molecules apart from each other. All right, the moment of truth. We have to treat this specimen with a chemical to kind of loosen up all the molecules from each other,
Video examples
The science of friction...
Friction is the force that opposes motion. Wear is the loss or transfer of material. It's the reason you have to replace your favorite shoes, because eventually the soles disappear. Lubricants are used to reduce friction and wear. They loosen up those stubborn rusted bolts that just otherwise will not budge.
Video examples
The surprising reasons...
you do what any courageous, self-respecting possum would curl into an immobile state called catatonia, stick out your tongue, drool, and ooze some foul-smelling liquid from your anal glands. Disgusted, your assailant loosens its grip, decides you’re not the dinner it was looking for,
Video examples
MDMA Therapy PIPE Drugs,...
loosening around the judgment that they have about themselves about what has happened there's a loosening around shed the shame and so there's a room then to engage those memories or the experiences in a very different way I am so at peace
Video examples
Can You Survive...
covered with dangerous patches of quicksand when water floods into sand it forces the sand particles apart causing the ground to loosen what's left is a soggy combination of the two that can no longer support as much weight so when
Video examples
My year of saying yes to...
The air is so rare in this place for me that I can barely breathe. I can barely believe I'm breathing. Play is the opposite of work. And I am happy. Something in me loosens. A door in my brain swings open,
Video examples
What would it be like if...
and still control us and it loosens up a little bit you have different perspectives gives us a broader perspective and you may discover that what you're told to believe no longer
Video examples
How To Survive Quicksand...
Fighting against it will suck me deeper into the sand. The way out is staying calm and making only small movements. It's like loosening up concrete. It's a very strange feeling,
Video examples
Cow Nurtures Three...
babies I am daisies an old hand but this time she's got tricks this is their standard stand stand stand in the dance okay loosen blindfold bring it up to the door
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Ryne Sandberg
American Athlete
I know I'm appreciated by how fans treat me, and the best way to treat them is play every day, hard. I sign autographs, but if I'm with someone I don't know who doesn't start the conversation, there won't be a conversation. That's just me, living my life. But I'll loosen up after baseball.
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Matisyahu
American Musician
There are so many rules in Judaism, and if you get into them and you get obsessed and you have the kind of life that I have, it can make you a very unhappy person. It can make everything complicated and more stressful than it needs to be, so I kind of loosened the knots a little bit.
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Julia Leigh
Australian Novelist
I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.
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Ernie Els
South African Golfer
Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.
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Robert Jeffress
American Clergyman
I would like people to live in the present with eternity in mind. If there is, in fact, going to be rapture one day, in which we leave everything behind, shouldn't that loosen our grip on our material possessions right now?
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Leah Busque
American Businesswoman
Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.
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Zach Woods
American Actor
If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Mixed-bloods loosen the seams in the shrouds of identities.
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Emmanuel Jal
Sudanese Musician
Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.
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Sam Walton
American Businessman
Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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Ryne Sandberg
American Athlete
I know I'm appreciated by how fans treat me, and the best way to treat them is play every day, hard. I sign autographs, but if I'm with someone I don't know who doesn't start the conversation, there won't be a conversation. That's just me, living my life. But I'll loosen up after baseball.
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Matisyahu
American Musician
There are so many rules in Judaism, and if you get into them and you get obsessed and you have the kind of life that I have, it can make you a very unhappy person. It can make everything complicated and more stressful than it needs to be, so I kind of loosened the knots a little bit.
Quote examples
Julia Leigh
Australian Novelist
I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.
Quote examples
Ernie Els
South African Golfer
Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.
Quote examples
Robert Jeffress
American Clergyman
I would like people to live in the present with eternity in mind. If there is, in fact, going to be rapture one day, in which we leave everything behind, shouldn't that loosen our grip on our material possessions right now?
Quote examples
Leah Busque
American Businesswoman
Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.
Quote examples
Zach Woods
American Actor
If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
Quote examples
Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Mixed-bloods loosen the seams in the shrouds of identities.
Quote examples
Emmanuel Jal
Sudanese Musician
Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.
Quote examples
Sam Walton
American Businessman
Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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