📖 Определения и значения для слова loosen
📒 to make something less tight or strongly fixed; to become less tight or strongly fixed
- First loosen the nuts, then take off the wheel.
- The rope holding the boat loosened.
📒 to make a piece of clothing, hair, etc. loose, when it has been tied or fastened
- She loosened her hair so that it fell over her shoulders.
📒 to hold somebody/something less tightly
- He loosened his grip and let her go.
- (figurative) The military regime has not loosened its hold on power.
📒 to make something weaker or less carefully managed than before
- The party has loosened its links with big business.
📒 to make somebody talk more freely than usual
- A bottle of wine had loosened Harry's tongue.