Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To unloose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To unloose; loosen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To loosen; to unloose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
unloose ; toloosen
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
- verb loosen the ties of
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Examples
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Not only that, but unloosen is actually a perfectly good, old verb; so is unloose, which turns up in Shakespeare and Sheridan and Shelley.
Word Court 2007
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Not only that, but unloosen is actually a perfectly good, old verb; so is unloose, which turns up in Shakespeare and Sheridan and Shelley.
Word Court 2007
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He could unloosen a fly in a hotel lobby without anyone seeing.
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I was able to unloosen my belt and then wrap it around my hand with the thick buckle dangling by my side.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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I was able to unloosen my belt and then wrap it around my hand with the thick buckle dangling by my side.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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I was able to unloosen my belt and then wrap it around my hand with the thick buckle dangling by my side.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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I was able to unloosen my belt and then wrap it around my hand with the thick buckle dangling by my side.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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I just want to hang out with my family and friends and, you know, eat Doritos until I have to unloosen my belt.
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Tony Blair, who has just been elected prime minister, realizes the monarchy is at stake if she doesn ` t unloosen that stiff upper lip.
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I just want to hang out with my family and friends and, you know, eat Doritos until I have to unloosen my belt.
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