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loosen

/ˈluːs(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈluːs(ə)n/
loosen
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

loo - sen -> loosen

Myanmar meaning

(v) ချောင်စေသည်။ လျှော့ပေးသည်။ လျော့သည်။ ဒီပုလင်းဖုံးကို ချွတ်ပေး နိုင်မလား။ သလိပ်ချောင်ဆေး။ သလိပ်ပျော်ဆေး။

Full entry

loosen / 'lu:sn / v

ချောင်စေသည်။ လျှော့ပေးသည်။ လျော့သည်။ Can you loosen the lid of this jar?
ဒီပုလင်းဖုံးကို ချွတ်ပေး နိုင်မလား။ ❍
The treasury is unwilling to loosen its grip on monetary policy. ❍ medicine to loosen a cough (ie help to bring up the PHLEGM) သလိပ်ချောင်ဆေး။ သလိပ်ပျော်ဆေး။ ❍ This knot keeps loosening. Compare TIGHTEN
❏ loosen sb’s tongue [IDM ] အာသွက်လျှာသွက် ဖြစ်စေ သည်။ The wine soon loosened his tongue.
❏ loosen (sth/sb) up [PHRV ] လျှော့သည်။
You should loosen up (your muscles) before playing any sport. ❍ Don’t be so nervous — loosen up a little.

More examples
  • To open it you simply loosen these two screws.
  • I’d eaten so much I had to loosen my belt.
  • The country will loosen currency controls to encourage spending abroad.
Synonyms
untie, undo, release, relax, slacken, slacken off, alleviate, become unfastened, break up, come loose, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disenthrall, disjoin, ease, ease off, emancipate, extricate, free, lax, let go, let out, liberate, loose, manumit, mitigate, separate, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, unfasten, unfix, unhitch, unhook, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untighten, work free, work loose
Antonyms
attach, button, combine, confine, connect, couple, detain, engage, fasten, hitch, hold, hook, imprison, incarcerate, increase, join, keep, limit, link, restrain, tighten, unite
Cross references
untieundoreleaserelaxslackenslacken offalleviatebecome unfastenedbreak upcome loosedeliverdetachdischargedisconnectdisengagedisenthralldisjoineaseease offemancipateextricatefreelaxlet golet outliberateloosemanumit
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