Synonyms: loose, loosen, relax
Definition: become loose or looser or less tight
Usage: The noose loosened; the rope relaxed
Similar words: weaken
Definition: become weaker
Usage: The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
Definition: make loose or looser
Usage: loosen the tension on a rope
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: loosen
Definition: make less dense
Usage: loosen the soil
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: cause to become loose
Usage: undo the shoelace; untie the knot; loosen the necktie
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: tease, tease apart, loosen
Definition: disentangle and raise the fibers of
Usage: tease wool
Similar words: straighten out, disentangle, unsnarl
Definition: extricate from entanglement
Usage: Can you disentangle the cord?
Definition: become less severe or strict
Usage: The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Definition: make less severe or strict
Usage: The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue