loosening
Meaning of loosening
verb
- To make loose.
After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.
- To become loose.
I noticed that my seatbelt had gradually loosened during the journey.
- To disengage (a device that restrains).
- To become unfastened or undone.
- To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
- To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- To create a breach or rift between (two parties).
- To sail away (from the shore).
noun
The act of making something looser.
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Hyphenation of loosening
loos-en-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- loosening is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
loosening synonyms
Meaning relaxation:
Meaning laxation:
Meaning :
ease, relax, untighten, undo, unfasten, liberate, release
loosening antonyms
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Words that rhyme with loosening
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