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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    Hyponiemen

    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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      Hyperoniemen

      to loosen
      Werkwoord
        • become less severe or strict

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        Hyperoniemen

        to loosen
        Werkwoord
          • make less severe or strict

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          Hyperoniemen

          to loosen
          Werkwoord
            • disentangle and raise the fibers of

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            Voorbeeldzinnen

            1. Loosen it.
            2. Loosen up.
            3. Loosen your tie.
            4. Loosen the bandage a little.
            5. Why don't you loosen up?
            6. When will you ever loosen your purse strings?
            7. To loosen a screw, turn it to the left.
            8. A few glasses of wine can loosen the tongue.
            9. Loosen the screws and remove the lamp cover.
            10. I like to do a few exercises to loosen up before I run.
            11. Your playing sounds a bit stilted. You have to loosen up your fingers.
            12. Then place the tube for three minutes in the ultrasonic bath (4.1) and loosen the stopper.
            13. Check loss of tightening torque of wheel fixings by retightening, not by measuring torque to loosen fixing.
            14. Check loss of tightening torque of wheel fixings by retightening, not by measuring torque to loosen fixings.
            15. Check loss of tightening torque of wheel fixings by retightening — not by measuring torque to loosen fixing.