(transitive) To make loose. / (intransitive) To become loose. / (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains). / (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.

Something that loosens / (cricket) A usually inaccurate delivery bowled early in a bowler's first over. / (colloquial) An alcoholic drink that makes a person relax.

plural of loosener

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loosen

Having been made less tight or more relaxed.

simple past tense and past participle of loosen

present participle of loosen

The act of making something looser.

plural of loosening

That can be loosened.