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Loosen Up

Definitions: Loosen Up

Loosen Up

Verb

1. Cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!".

2. Prepare for strenuous physical activity.

3. Become less tense; "He relaxed in the hot tub".

4. Cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Loosen Up

Synonyms: decompress (v), limber up (v), make relaxed (v), relax (v), slow down (v), unbend (v), unlax (v), unstrain (v), unstuff (v), unwind (v), warm up (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: stuff (v), tense (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Loosen Up

English words defined with "loosen up": cut into ♦ delve, dig ♦ turn over. (references)
Specialty definitions using "loosen up": AUTOMATIC PATTERN EDGER ♦ CAGE MAKER, MACHINE ♦ EDGING-MACHINE SETTER ♦ HOBBING-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ ice plug ♦ long-hole infusion ♦ POT LINER ♦ rotary excavator. (references)

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Modern Usage: Loosen Up

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You really should loosen up and try to have a little fun, it be good for ya (Harvard Man; writing credit: James Toback)

Lyrics

I wanna loosen up your feelings (Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche); performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, C. Ogalde)

When the belt buckle loosen up, undress me (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)

I loosen up (Pour Some Sugar On Me; performing artist: Def Leppard)

Sweet dream, saccharine, loosen up (Pour Some Sugar On Me; performing artist: Def Leppard)

Let me loosen up your collar (PRIVATE DANCER; performing artist: Tina Turner)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Loosen Up

DomainTitle

Books

  • Loosen Up!: Quick Activities to Build Confidence and Creativity (reference)

  • Loosen Up, Laugh and Live (audio) [ABRIDGED] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Loosen Up

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

loosen up

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Loosen Up

Language Translations for "loosen up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shtendosem (unbend, unwind). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отпускам се (drop, expand, open, plump, relax, sit back, slack, unkink, wilt), отпускам мускули с упражнения. (various references)

   

Czech

  

uvolnit se (come adrift, slacken, unbend, unbutton, unclench, unfasten, unfreeze, unwind, unyoke). (various references)

   

French

  

décoincer. (various references)

   

German

  

lockerungsübungen machen (limber up), lockern (fork over, inveigle, loose, loosen, relax, slacken, slackening, weaken), locker werden (get loose, get more relaxed, go slack), sich lockern (ease off, get more relaxed, limber up, loosen, slacken, unwind, work itself loose, work off), sich auflockern (break up, disperse, limber up, open up), auftauen (defrost, melt, thaw, to defrost, unbend, unfreeze), auflockern (break, break up, disperse, ease, limber up, loosen, make less monotonous, make less severe, make more relaxed, open up, soften). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bemelegít (limber up, to limber up, to loosen up, to warm, to warm up). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oosenlay upay

   

Spanish

  

tratar como (tout, traffic), entrar en calor, desentumecer los músculos, desentumecer. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tina upp (defrost, thaw out, unbend). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kaslarını gevşetmek, gevşetmek (ease, enervate, let go, limber up, loosen, relax, release, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, start, unbend, unbrace, unfasten, ungird, unloose, unstring), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind), açılmak (admit smb. into one's confidence, air, bare, be opened, become relaxed, come loose, come open, come undone, disclose one's secret, disentangle, disperse, diverge, effuse, expand, fine, flower, gape, get loose, go up, loosen, open, open in, open oneself, open out, open up, recrudesce, refresh, spread, thaw, unbend, uncurl, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unload, untwine, untwist, unwind, work loose, yawn), ısınmak (become reconciled to, become warmer, get hot, grow warm, have a warm, heat, hit it off with smb., hot, hot up, reconcile oneself to, take a shine to smb., take kindly to, warm, warm up). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

разминатися, пом'якшувати вимоги. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Loosen Up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-n-o-o-p-s-u"

-1 letter: unloose.

-2 letters: ensoul, loosen, loupen, loupes.

-3 letters: enols, lenos, loons, loops, loose, lopes, loupe, loups, louse, lunes, noels, nolos, noose, oleos, opens, ousel, pelon, peons, poles, polos, pones, pools, poons, pules, pulse, sloop, slope, snool, snoop, solon, spool, spoon.

-4 letters: enol, eons, epos, leno, lens, lone, loon, loop, loos, lope, lops, lose, loup, lues.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-n-o-o-p-s-u"
 

+3 letters: outspokenly, polemoniums, ponderously, splendorous, teaspoonful.

 

+4 letters: anemophilous, counterplots, counterploys, euphoniously, luteotropins, monadelphous, populousness, porcelaneous, portentously, proconsulate, supercooling, teaspoonfuls, teaspoonsful.

 

+5 letters: compendiously, counselorship, depopulations, entomophilous, expostulation, luteotrophins, nonpetroleums, plastoquinone, porcellaneous, proconsulates, prolegomenous, repopulations, spontaneously, tablespoonful.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Loosen Up


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 6F 6F 73 65 6E      55 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01101111 01101111 01110011 01100101 01101110 00100000 01010101 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#111 &#111 &#115 &#101 &#110 &#32 &#85 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 006F 006F 0073 0065 006E      0055 0070

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46818185718025582

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams 		9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian;
Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
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Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
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Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;