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• Sometimes the low-tech ways are best: bash it with a rock, that'll loosen it.From the entry low-tech
• Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it.From the entry left
• Gray appeared momentarily relieved and relaxed now, his viced hands on the steering wheel loosening a little.2021, Chris Leicester, 180⁰ Chord. From the entry viced
• We're all loosened up and ready to get a little dancey at this thoroughly festive gay club.2018, Julia Bunte-Mein, Let's Go Europe (Let's Go), fifth-eighth edition, Cambridge, M.A.: Let's Go, Inc., →ISBN, page 393. From the entry dancy
• The new, red strap holding Edith's sidebag had loosened and burnt-through too.2015, Ray Simm, Wobbles, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 75. From the entry side bag
• So try to secure his nappy so it can't be loosened or removed.2009, Heidi Murkoff, “What You May Be Wondering About”, in What to Expect: The Toddler Years, 2 edition, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN…. From the entry nappy wrap
• She looked up to see the bagel, drooping slightly, the cheese, loosening.2000, John Leben, Speed Tile, page 94. From the entry schlup
• A mechanical cherry picker shakes a cherry tree to loosen the fruit.1994, The World Book Encyclopedia. From the entry cherry picker
• His hands by his sides he shook them in a loosening up exercise.1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 152. From the entry loosening up
• But, see, the trespass then explained her loosening—explained a thousand times over her systems of defenses.1991, Harold Brodkey, “Wiley in Love: 1956”, in The Runaway Soul, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, pages 301–302. From the entry mashed-potato-y
• I need to loosen up and party down.” He reached for his vodka-dogmilk martini with visible annoyance.1989 summer, D. Krolz-6, “Green Oatmeal Electro-Fuck on Level Six”, in Darby [i.e., Deborah Romeo], editor, Ben Is Dead, number 5…. From the entry dogmilk
• Its gaskets were loosened by the Passing Presence, the roof became a sieve.1977, Jim Stratton, Pioneering in the Urban Wilderness, New York, N.Y.: Urizen Books, →ISBN, page 204, column 2. From the entry bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
• Subject apparently unhooks button, releases clasp, pulls zipper, draws string, unholes button, loosens band.1969, Lawrence Garber, Garber's Tales from the Quarter, page 230. From the entry unhook
• When she tired, I loosened up a little, to let her blow.1938, James M. Cain, chapter 4, in Serenade, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. From the entry sacrilegio
• Loosen the brace wires and stagger wires on the wing-tip float.1919 July, M. E. Williams et al., “Seaplane No. 3, Seaplane No. 4 (Boat Type)”, in United States Navy Aviation Mechanics’ Training System…. From the entry strut
• Tarzan removed his rifle from its boot and loosened his revolver in its holster.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fight in the Desert”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt…. From the entry boot
• The five young men had various tastes and their tongues had been loosened.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “After the Race”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 54. From the entry loosen someone's tongue
• Loosen the bunt of the mizzen-trysail and haul at the clew.1901, John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship. From the entry clew
• The ostrich can loosen the feathers to help dissipate body heat or draw them close to conserve it.2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine. From the entry flounciness
• “Drop your trousers!” I loosened the clasp on my prison greys and my trouser dropped to my ankles.2013, Constantine Buller, Operation Dolby, page 266. From the entry greys
• Boiling water or steam loosens the peel of very ripe peaches, especially freestone or melting-flesh types, in 10–30 sec.2012, Jasper Woodroof, Commercial Fruit Processing, page 103. From the entry peach
• Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains.2010, Jason Blake, Canadian Hockey Literature: A Thematic Study, University of Toronto Press (cloth-bound) (paperback), chapter two: “The…. From the entry shinny
• If a sore is very crusted, you can soak it in warm, soapy water to loosen the crust.2008, Theresa Roberts, ABC's of Bumps & Bruises. From the entry crusted
• A dozen exercisers show up twice a week to "bump and grind," "do some belly rolls" and "loosen the hip joints."2008 July 13, Stephen Regenold, “Ultrafit: Taking the pole position”, in Minneapolis Star Tribune. From the entry bump and grind
• However, the fear of jail was loosening her lips.2008, Jeri Odell, chapter 14, in Until Tomorrow, Heartsong Presents, page 148. From the entry loosen someone's lips
• Pelophilous species burrow in sandy loam and clay soils, and display ecomorphological adaptations to assist with loosening these compacted substrata.2007, Bernhard A. Huber, Bradley J. Sinclair, Karl-Heinz Lampe, African Biodiversity, page 43. From the entry pelophilous
• The hot oil loosens the color pigment.2007, Somer Flaherty, Jen Kollmer, Girl in a fix: quick beauty solutions and why they work, Zest Books, page 20. From the entry dye job
• Petey loosened the underwrapping of thin paper carefully, and Sally craned her neck for a first glimpse of the flowers.2006, Maritta Wolff -, Night Shift, page 421. From the entry underwrapping
• Pour 1 cup water into pan; scrape pan with a wooden spoon to loosen brown bits from bottom of pan.2002, American Heart Association, American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, page 121. From the entry brown bits
• Tommy had apparently been plied with ice cream and soda pop at the police station, to loosen his tongue.2000, Michael Chabon, chapter 11, in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, New York: Random House, page 552. From the entry loosen someone's tongue
• A Halloweeny incoherence cautions reading assumptions from or into things, a creative nightmare loosens the reader from adult imperative.1999, Kenneth Lincoln, Sing with the Heart of a Bear: Fusions of Native and American Poetry, 1890-1999. From the entry Halloweeny
• Sometimes, the elaiosome content is sucked from the diaspores, or the elaiosome is loosened on the way to the nest.1999, Karen van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, Margaretha W. van Rooyen, Dispersal Biology of Desert Plants, Springer, page 17. From the entry elaiosome
• Subsequently, opening the hatch on the surface can be difficult, even demanding a dive to loosen the hatch.1995 October 18, Doug Huffman, “Seawater in submarines”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet). From the entry mercy flush
• A goodly number of these officers gathered nightly at the Crown and Anchor, where drink often loosened their lips.1994 August, Violet Hamilton, chapter 11, in Fabia's Choice, Zebra Books, page 144. From the entry loosen someone's lips
• And the law's long arm loosened its grip on some drug dealers when prosecutors offered them deals for their testimony.1992 June, Henry J. Reske, “What Price Prosecution?: Critics Claim Noriega Guilty Verdict Costly in Lives, ‘Faustian Bargains’”, in ABA…. From the entry Faustian bargain
• The structural features of deposits, such as loosened, broken gapfuls between large boulders or segments of isolated rock masses.1985, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Erosion, Debris Flow and Disaster Prevention, page 324. From the entry gapful

Meaning of loosen

1. verb To make loose.
2. verb To become loose.
3. verb To disengage (a device that restrains).

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How do you use loosen in a sentence?

Loosen is used as a verb. For example: “After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.”

What is a short sentence with loosen?

“The hot oil loosens the color pigment.”

What does loosen mean?

Loosen means to make loose.