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Definition of Loosens
1. loosen [v] - See also: loosen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loosens
Literary usage of Loosens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"This i5 due to the methods of obtaining it. The skin is treated chemically or
submitted to a special treatment which loosens the roots of the fibres. ..."
2. The History of the Condition of Women, in Various Ages and Nations by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1835)
"If she allows him to finish the knot, and neither cuts nor loosens it, ...
If she merely loosens it, he is at liberty to try his luck again, ..."
3. The Market Assistant: Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of by Thomas Farrington De Voe (1867)
"The next cut loosens the tenderloin from where it is connected with the fresh
ham, when it is torn out upwards towards the ribs or head. ..."
4. The surgeon's vade mecum: A Manual of Modern Surgery by Robert Druitt (1865)
"It generally commences between two teeth, which it gradually separates, then
loosens, and finally displaces, and may spread во as to involve several of them ..."
5. The New American Gardener: Containing Practical Directions on the Culture of by Thomas Green Fessenden (1832)
"This loosens the dirt, and clears one side of the carrots almost entirely from
the earth. The labourers then, with great facility, take them by their tops ..."
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