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loosening
(mass) | loosening
- uvolňovanie |
loosening
(encz) | loosening,uvolňování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Loosening
(gcide) | Loosen \Loos"en\ (l[=oo]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loosened
(l[=oo]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Loosening.] [See Loose, v.
t.]
1. 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.
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After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree
good by loosening of the earth. --Bacon.
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2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
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It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
--Dryden.
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3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the
alvine discharges of. --Bacon.
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loosening
(wn) | loosening
n 1: an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the
relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip";
"the slackening of the wind" [syn: relaxation,
loosening, slackening]
2: the act of making something less tight [syn: loosening,
laxation] [ant: tightening] |
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