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detense

detense verb: synonym of untense.

Verb

detense (third-person singular simple present detenses, present participle detensing, simple past and past participle detensed)

  1. (ambitransitive) Synonym of untense
    • Such detensing from close eye work can also be combined with detensing the muscles that move the eyeball — look to the far right in the distance, then to the far left and far up.1954, Dr. Donald A. Laird, “Relax!”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 101, number 1, page 163
    • In the remaining four sentences, Abe both detensed the main verb and deleted the auxiliary.1974, Stanford University, Committee on Linguistics, Stanford University, Department of Linguistics (contributor), Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, page 69
    Synonyms:
    untense

Examples of detense in a sentence

  • However the advantages of cycling are not only monitary, there is better health, more opportunity to unwind and detense on the way home from work.2005 September 3, The Wogster, “More on Gas Prices”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet):
  • Rubber stamper detenses the surface, well that's great but it has to be repaired every time it hits a mine.2012 February 1, Kevin, “Calandar Day”, in sci.physics (Usenet):

Synonyms of detense

Forms of detense

third-person singular presentdetenses
present participledetensing
past participledetensed
pastdetensed

Origin of detense

From de- + tense.

Questions about detense

What does detense mean?
Detense means synonym of untense.
How do you use detense in a sentence?
However the advantages of cycling are not only monitary, there is better health, more opportunity to unwind and detense on the way home from work.
What part of speech is detense?
Detense is a verb.
What is the past tense of detense?
The past tense of detense is detensed.

Words near detense in the dictionary

  1. detemir
  2. detemporize
  3. detemporized
  4. detemporizes
  5. detemporizing
  6. detense
  7. detensed
  8. detenses
  9. detensing
  10. detension
  11. detensioned

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