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Word entry · 6 letters

loosen

Best crossword clue

"Make less tight"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈluːsn̩/Part of speech verbSorted elnoosStarts with LEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2O3O4S5E6N

Definitions

  1. become loose or looser or less tight

Word origin

From loose + -en.

Used in a sentence

  • to loosen a knot; to loosen one's grip / hold on something
  • After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.
  • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie, London: William Lee, Century 5, p. 111, […] after a yeares Rooting, then Shaking doth the Tree good, by Loosening of the Earth […]

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