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单词 loosener
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loosenern.

Brit. /ˈluːsn̩ə/, /ˈluːsnə/, U.S. /ˈlus(ə)nər/
Etymology: < loosen v. + -er suffix1.
1. One who loosens or makes loose.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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