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loosen up
Overview of verb loosen-up
The verb loosen up has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) unstuff, loosen up -- (cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!")
2. relax, loosen up -- (become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group")
3. limber up, warm up, loosen up -- (make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity)
4. relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down -- (become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work")
5. relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed -- (cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me")
Antonyms of verb loosen-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb loosen-up
5 senses of loosen up
Sense 1
unstuff, loosen up
=> free, disengage
Sense 2
relax, loosen up
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
limber up, warm up, loosen up
=> exercise, work out
Sense 4
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 5
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> affect
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb loosen-up
3 of 5 senses of loosen up
Sense 1
unstuff, loosen up
=> unblock
Sense 4
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> vege out, vegetate
=> sit back, take it easy
Sense 5
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> unbend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb loosen-up
5 senses of loosen up
Sense 1
unstuff, loosen up
=> free, disengage
Sense 2
relax, loosen up
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
limber up, warm up, loosen up
=> exercise, work out
Sense 4
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> change state, turn
Sense 5
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> affect
'Cause To' of verb loosen-up
1 of 5 senses of loosen up
Sense 5
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
Derived Forms of verb loosen-up
Domain of verb loosen-up
Domain Terms of verb loosen-up
Familiarity of verb loosen-up
loosen up used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb loosen-up
5 senses of loosen up
Sense 1
unstuff, loosen up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
relax, loosen up
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
limber up, warm up, loosen up
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 4
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
EX: Sam and Sue loosen up
Sense 5
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
EX: The performance is likely to loosen up Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb loosen-up
5 senses of loosen up
Sense 1
unstuff, loosen up
> free, disengage
=> dig out
=> unclog
=> unstuff, loosen up
=> extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber
Sense 2
relax, loosen up
> act, behave, do
=> act involuntarily, act reflexively
=> fall over backwards, bend over backwards
=> presume
=> vulgarize, vulgarise
=> optimize, optimise
=> quack
=> menace
=> make
=> swagger, bluster, swash
=> freeze
=> wanton
=> romanticize
=> sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
=> bungle
=> play, toy
=> act, play, act as
=> stooge
=> joke, jest
=> piffle
=> make
=> make as if
=> break down, lose it, snap
=> dally, dawdle
=> backslap
=> hugger mugger
=> sauce
=> footle
=> frivol, trifle
=> swell, puff up
=> follow
=> relax, loosen up
=> ramp, rage, storm
Sense 3
limber up, warm up, loosen up
> exercise, work out
=> limber up, warm up, loosen up
=> train
=> tumble
=> tone, tone up, strengthen
=> weight-lift, weightlift, press
Sense 4
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 5
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
> affect
=> attack
=> ulcerate
=> sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise
=> stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
=> tense, strain, tense up
=> relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> jaundice
=> register
=> intoxicate, soak, inebriate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb loosen-up
Sense 1
unstuff, loosen up
=> free, disengage
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Sense 2
relax, loosen up
=> act, behave, do
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Sense 3
limber up, warm up, loosen up
=> exercise, work out
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Sense 4
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> change state, turn
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Sense 5
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
=> affect
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