loosen the tension on a rope. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
loosen the soil. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As George Santayana wrote, the only bond that a modern liberal wants to loosen is the marriage bond. From Wordnik.com. [Free Speech Survives – With No Help from Liberals] Reference
Cool in the pan for 15 minutes or so; be sure to cut around the sides to loosen from the pan before cutting and serving. From Wordnik.com. [Black Raspberry Mazurkas (AKA Fruit & Oat Bars)] Reference
Cool in the pan for 15 minutes or so; be sure to cut around the sides to loosen from the pan before cutting and serving. comments. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
We winos are having to tighten, which is to say loosen, our belts. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
I'm going to allow you to kind of loosen your shoulders up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2009] Reference
And, you know -- so that can kind of loosen up the rock material. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2009] Reference
I ran some hot water to "loosen" up any gunk, then plunged repeatedly. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
"So I'd strongly suggest that people just kind of loosen up and lighten up a bit as far as all that's concerned.". From Wordnik.com. [The Australian | News |] Reference
The fact is, seeing each other only once a year that way they're apt to kind of loosen up -- if you know what I mean. From Wordnik.com. [Somewhere in Red Gap] Reference
It's our jobs as receivers and quarterbacks and linemen blocking to make plays downfield and kind of loosen up the box. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
It's then that he takes it upon himself to "loosen" the Minnesota coach up before tipoff, whispering a joke into his ear. From Wordnik.com. [Postbulletin.com Local News]
At some point, my stride begins to loosen and elongate. From Wordnik.com. [My Morning Run Is A Moving Meditation] Reference
Staying LooseMassage therapists loosen the players 'muscles. From Wordnik.com. [Raging Bulls] Reference
Getting Martha to loosen her grip on her company might not be easy. From Wordnik.com. [Martha's Shrinking Act] Reference
Freer domestic markets would loosen the stranglehold of the Communist Party. From Wordnik.com. [China First] Reference
At Nickelodeon she instituted afternoon recess to get the staff to loosen up. From Wordnik.com. [The Birth Of A Network] Reference
Aides are urging her to loosen up, mingle with the public and meet with the media. From Wordnik.com. [Now She's Not Just Listening] Reference
Yet there are signs that corporate America is beginning to loosen the purse strings. From Wordnik.com. [Credit is Dead. Long Live Cash!] Reference
His selection is thus no sign that China is ready to loosen its grip on the territory. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan: The Last Tycoon?] Reference
It's a way to loosen up and be able to talk with all of the new people they are meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Finding Alternatives] Reference
"But over the years to come, as demand rises, we will loosen controls over import levels.". From Wordnik.com. [A Hard Habit To Break] Reference
Someone told me such massages could loosen plaque in my carotid arteries and cause a stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Can a Massage Cause Stroke?] Reference
It's very unlikely that deep muscle massage would loosen an arterial plaque and cause a stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Can a Massage Cause Stroke?] Reference
Elangwe says she held tight to the hope that the pair would eventually loosen their grip on her. From Wordnik.com. [Slavery's New Face] Reference
Unfortunately, the ligaments encasing a disc can loosen and tear after several decades of service. From Wordnik.com. [Beating The Back Ache] Reference
It may also finally help to loosen purse strings at an international donors conference in Amman in July. From Wordnik.com. [Two Cheers for Bremer] Reference
It also seemed rational for lenders to pad mortgage rates a bit and loosen up on granting consumer credit. From Wordnik.com. [A World as Irrational as Ever] Reference
But now the national authorities are under growing pressure to loosen up, particularly from the easterners. From Wordnik.com. [The Freedom To Shop] Reference
If he did not advise me to loosen up, he would be the only person in the United States of America who didn't. From Wordnik.com. [It Helps To Be Able To Laugh] Reference
As the recovery accelerates, governments loosen protective policies precisely when their constituents need them less. From Wordnik.com. [A New Start For Europe?] Reference
Without that incentive, Iran's mullahs are not likely to loosen their grip on power or defer their nuclear ambitions. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Flashpoint] Reference
After months of pressure, including threats to take away its authority, the FASB caved and voted to loosen the rule. 3. From Wordnik.com. [Mark-To-Market My Words] Reference
Throughout the decade, Tokyo has promised to deregulate its economy and loosen the suffocating grip of the bureaucrats. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Decade] Reference
The trend is to loosen the social bonds that led companies to support workers and the government to maintain safety nets. From Wordnik.com. [Sizing Up The Savings Plans] Reference
When they began to loosen again in the '70s,' 80s and '90s, emerging-market debt became mostly the province of big institutions. From Wordnik.com. [GETTING BURNED ABROAD] Reference
So Microsoft offered to loosen restrictive contracts on its partners, but unimpressed trustbusters dismissed the offer as vaporware. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Sex Or The Right Stuff?] Reference
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