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UNLOOSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unloose ... he / she / it unlooses
Past simple: unloosed
-ing form: unloosing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
unloose your sneakers
Synonyms:
unloose; unloosen
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unloose" is one way to...):
unbrace; unlace; untie (undo the ties of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
Synonyms:
free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unloose"):
unspell (release from a spell)
unchain (make free)
bail (release after a security has been paid)
run (set animals loose to graze)
bail out (free on bail)
parole (release a criminal from detention and place him on parole)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to unloose the prisoners