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This tool relates English terms to concepts from the SUMO ontology by means of mappings to WordNet synsets.

According to WordNet, the verb "loosen" has 7 sense(s).

202601996 make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught".

200419137 become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed".

201463792 disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool".

201275516 make less dense; "loosen the soil".

200419375 make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope".

202601808 become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived".

201284908 cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie".

Explore the word loosen on the WordNet web site.

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