"loosening" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-loosening.wav Forms: loosenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} loosening (plural loosenings)
  1. The act of making something looser. Derived forms: loosening up
    Sense id: en-loosening-en-noun-tLYCPTuV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-loosening.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} loosening
  1. present participle and gerund of loosen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: loosen
    Sense id: en-loosening-en-verb-4Auw7XBI

Inflected forms

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