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un·loose

 (ŭn-lo͞os′)
tr.v. un·loosed, un·loos·ing, un·loos·es
1. To unfasten; untie.
2. To set free from or as if from restraints.
3. To relax: unloosed my grip on the handlebars.
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unloose

(ʌnˈluːs) or

unloosen

vb (tr)
1. to set free; release
2. to loosen or relax (a hold, grip, etc)
3. to unfasten or untie
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un•loose

(ʌnˈlus)

v.t. -loosed, -loos•ing.
1. to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
2. to let loose or set free; free from restraint.
3. to undo or untie (a fastening, knot, bond, etc.).
[1325–75]
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unloose


Past participle: unloosed
Gerund: unloosing

Imperative
unloose
unloose
Present
I unloose
you unloose
he/she/it unlooses
we unloose
you unloose
they unloose
Preterite
I unloosed
you unloosed
he/she/it unloosed
we unloosed
you unloosed
they unloosed
Present Continuous
I am unloosing
you are unloosing
he/she/it is unloosing
we are unloosing
you are unloosing
they are unloosing
Present Perfect
I have unloosed
you have unloosed
he/she/it has unloosed
we have unloosed
you have unloosed
they have unloosed
Past Continuous
I was unloosing
you were unloosing
he/she/it was unloosing
we were unloosing
you were unloosing
they were unloosing
Past Perfect
I had unloosed
you had unloosed
he/she/it had unloosed
we had unloosed
you had unloosed
they had unloosed
Future
I will unloose
you will unloose
he/she/it will unloose
we will unloose
you will unloose
they will unloose
Future Perfect
I will have unloosed
you will have unloosed
he/she/it will have unloosed
we will have unloosed
you will have unloosed
they will have unloosed
Future Continuous
I will be unloosing
you will be unloosing
he/she/it will be unloosing
we will be unloosing
you will be unloosing
they will be unloosing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unloosing
you have been unloosing
he/she/it has been unloosing
we have been unloosing
you have been unloosing
they have been unloosing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unloosing
you will have been unloosing
he/she/it will have been unloosing
we will have been unloosing
you will have been unloosing
they will have been unloosing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unloosing
you had been unloosing
he/she/it had been unloosing
we had been unloosing
you had been unloosing
they had been unloosing
Conditional
I would unloose
you would unloose
he/she/it would unloose
we would unloose
you would unloose
they would unloose
Past Conditional
I would have unloosed
you would have unloosed
he/she/it would have unloosed
we would have unloosed
you would have unloosed
they would have unloosed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.unloose - grant freedom tounloose - grant freedom to; free from confinement
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; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
2.unloose - loosen the ties ofunloose - loosen the ties of; "unloose your sneakers"
unbrace, unlace, untie - undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"
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unloose

verb
To free from ties or fasteners:
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Translations

unloose

[ˈʌnˈluːs] unloosen [ˈʌnˈluːsn] VTaflojar, soltar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unloose

vt
(also unloosen) knot, grasp, hairlösen; rope, chainslösen, losmachen
prisonerlosbinden; doglosmachen, loslassen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unloose

[ʌnˈluːs] unloosen [ʌnˈluːsn] vt (hair) → sciogliere; (knot) → slegare, sciogliere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
My squire, God's curse upon him, is better at unloosing his tongue in talking impertinence than in tightening the girths of a saddle to keep it steady; but however I may be, allen or raised up, on foot or on horseback, I shall always be at your service and that of my lady the duchess, your worthy consort, worthy queen of beauty and paramount princess of courtesy."
At first I offered her the same help which I had always found it necessary to confer on the others; I began with unloosing for her each knotty point, but I soon discovered that such help was regarded by my new pupil as degrading; she recoiled from it with a certain proud impatience.
The effect has been an unloosing of hysteria upon the land.
After all, I am female, and Dr Hunt, a biochemist, said at a conference earlier this month that his "trouble with girls" in laboratories is that "you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticise them, they cry." Certainly, then, he must have feared the possibility that two scientists might find themselves alone late one evening, with the aphrodisiacal power of scientific revelation unloosing their inhibitions.
Cold as snow breath, it tamps the womb Where the yew trees blow like hydras, The tree of life and the tree of life Unloosing their moons, month after month, to no purpose.
It is "back to blood," indeed, both in primal tribal loyalty and the unloosing of behavior unrestrained by old notions of civilization.
So far, at least, a few of them have done so, unloosing a series of revolutions.
The greatest works of Art fashion an Appearance that refers us to a Reality beyond "the dictionary meaning of words," (87) sending us "a message from the Unseen," disclosing something of the mystery of things, unloosing "depths of feeling from behind the frontier where precision of consciousness fails." (88)