Betekenis van:
loosen

to loosen
Werkwoord
  • minder samenhangend maken, minder vast laten zijn
  • make loose or looser
"loosen the tension on a rope"

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to loosen
Werkwoord
    • make less dense
    "loosen the soil"

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    to loosen
    Werkwoord
    • losmaken, losdoen, loskrijgen, losnemen
    • cause to become loose
    "loosen the necktie"

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    to loosen
    Werkwoord
      • become loose or looser or less tight
      "The noose loosened"

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      to loosen
      Werkwoord
        • become less severe or strict

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        to loosen
        Werkwoord
          • make less severe or strict

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          to loosen
          Werkwoord
            • disentangle and raise the fibers of

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            Voorbeeldzinnen

            1. Loosen up.
            2. Loosen your tie.
            3. Why don't you loosen up?
            4. A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.
            5. Loosen the screws and remove the lamp cover.
            6. I like to do a few exercises to loosen up before I run.
            7. Your playing sounds a bit stilted. You have to loosen up your fingers.
            8. Check loss of tightening torque of wheel fixings by retightening — not by measuring torque to loosen fixing.
            9. the packaging and fastenings shall be strong and solid throughout to ensure that they will not loosen and will safely meet the normal stresses and strains of handling;
            10. The gradual increase in temperature of the kernels causes them to expand and thereby loosen the red skin from the kernel.