单词 | loosener |
释义 | loosenern. 1. One who loosens or makes loose. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > one who or that which unlooser1614 loosener1843 looser1871 ungrappler1891 1843 R. Browning Blot in 'Scutcheon ii, in Bells & Pomegranates No. V 10/2 No loosener Of the lattice. 1852 R. A. Coffin tr. Liguori Glories of Mary (1868) 87 Loosener of my bonds..listen to my prayers. 2. Something which serves to loosen anything. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [noun] > that which loosens friendship or causes hostility loosener1630 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > [noun] > one who or that which enfeebler1609 loosener1630 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative laxativec1386 abstersive?a1425 purgative?a1425 lax1526 purgation1527 cleanser1528 looser1528 laskc1540 purger1558 solutory1561 scouring1575 expulsive1576 purge1593 solutive1605 opener1610 physica1616 calastic1621 loosener1630 minorative1633 relaxativea1637 cathartic1651 eccoprotic1656 vacuative1656 aperitive1671 spurger1681 aperient1682 hypercathartic1706 chalastic1708 scourer1718 drastic1783 solvent1815 purgament1828 dejector1831 laxation1897 mochlic1907 jollop1955 poop-pusher1966 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 176 Immoderation is a loosener of the sinewes, and a lessener of the strength. 1643 J. Caryl Nature Sacred Covenant 5 It is a loosner of affection. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 9 It is not good to use looseners, as Apples, Prunes..frequently. 1784 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 334 The most powerful looseners of the bands of private friendship. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems ii. 13 The golden apple..Late-won loosener of the wary girdle. Draft additions 1997 3. a. Cricket. A ball delivered early in a spell, while the bowler is ‘loosening up’ before settling into a regular rhythm. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1962 Times 24 May 4/3 Graveney was caught off the first ball after tea. It was a loosener from Platt before he took the new ball. 1982 M. Brearley Phoenix from Ashes v. 61/1 Botham, with his third ball, which was little more than a loosener, had Wood lbw. 1986 Sports Illustr. 27 Oct. 90/3 First balls from fast bowlers tend to be just looseners. b. transferred. A deliberately easy round, question, etc., occurring early on in a contest; a warm-up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) preparationsc1390 preparativea1450 preparatory1577 preparado1610 bundobust1776 arrangement1786 build-up1927 warm-up1943 run-up1961 loosener1987 1987 Shooting Life Spring 5/1 Few ardent game shooters bother with the clays..other than as a pre-season loosener. 1992 Independent 24 Feb. 8/6 The early stages were deceptively simple, a few looseners about classic films and novels which all of us got right. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1630 |
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