looseningn.

/ˈluːs(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

The action of loosen v. in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement

unbinding1382

releasing1395

loosing1415

dischargec1458

enlargement1540

release1559

relaxationa1578

unloosing1578

bail1598

loosening1598

releasant1606

enlarge1608

dismission1609

eluctation1627

to let go1631

relaxating1647

unfetteringa1653

disimprisonment1656

disimprisoning1659

absolute discharge1729

disincarceration1831

decarceration1963

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun]

undoinga1425

leesingc1440

loosing1482

dissolution1548

unlocking1568

unloosing1578

loosening1598

unbinding1598

untying1598

abstriction1650

unclenching1688

unclinching1688

apoptosis1749

unreeving1775

unloosening1793

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > separation into small pieces > into particles

loosening1598

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from restraint > freeing the tongue

loosening1876

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 26 b/2 Without hurtinge of the gummes, and looseninge of the same.

1615 S. Hieron Certaine Vsefull Medit. Death in Wks. (1620) I. 654 Thus is death a loosening to the children of God.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §435 The Loosening of the Earth, which comforteth any Tree.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xix. 333 Ice gives evidence of a loosening of its crystalline texture.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 35 A signal for the loosening of everyone else's tongue.

1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iii. v. 126 Like the tightening and the loosening of a cord.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

looseningadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈloosening.

That loosens, in various senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative

outrunningeOE

laxativea1398

purgativea1398

openinga1400

abstersive?a1425

purging?c1425

solublec1503

minorative1543

purgy1562

relaxing1562

solutive1564

benedict1576

aperitive1582

scouring1597

apertive1605

dejective1605

relaxative1611

subductory1620

calastic1621

aperient1626

cathartic1639

dejectory1640

relaxant1651

spurginga1652

cathartical1656

anastomotic1657

ecphractic1657

ecphractical1657

rhyptical1657

rhyptic1659

loosening1665

eccathartic1681

fluxing1702

chalastic1704

loosinga1722

hypactic1753

evacuatory1789

evacuant1800

relaxatory1925

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > not firmly attached or loose > becoming or making

loosening1665

starting1796

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > becoming loose

loosening1801

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 13 The strange loosening nature of a violent jarring motion.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 698/1 Laxative or Loosening Tartar.

1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Laxantia, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. Laxative, or Loosening Medicines.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 187 Thalaba Watches her snowy fingers round and round Wind the loosening chain.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 15 They are fed upon roots..which exert a loosening effect on the teeth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	loosening
释义	looseningn. /ˈluːs(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. The action of loosen v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement unbinding1382 releasing1395 loosing1415 dischargec1458 enlargement1540 release1559 relaxationa1578 unloosing1578 bail1598 loosening1598 releasant1606 enlarge1608 dismission1609 eluctation1627 to let go1631 relaxating1647 unfetteringa1653 disimprisonment1656 disimprisoning1659 absolute discharge1729 disincarceration1831 decarceration1963 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] undoinga1425 leesingc1440 loosing1482 dissolution1548 unlocking1568 unloosing1578 loosening1598 unbinding1598 untying1598 abstriction1650 unclenching1688 unclinching1688 apoptosis1749 unreeving1775 unloosening1793 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > separation into small pieces > into particles loosening1598 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from restraint > freeing the tongue loosening1876 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 26 b/2 Without hurtinge of the gummes, and looseninge of the same. 1615 S. Hieron Certaine Vsefull Medit. Death in Wks. (1620) I. 654 Thus is death a loosening to the children of God. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §435 The Loosening of the Earth, which comforteth any Tree. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xix. 333 Ice gives evidence of a loosening of its crystalline texture. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 35 A signal for the loosening of everyone else's tongue. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iii. v. 126 Like the tightening and the loosening of a cord. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018). looseningadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈloosening. That loosens, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative outrunningeOE laxativea1398 purgativea1398 openinga1400 abstersive?a1425 purging?c1425 solublec1503 minorative1543 purgy1562 relaxing1562 solutive1564 benedict1576 aperitive1582 scouring1597 apertive1605 dejective1605 relaxative1611 subductory1620 calastic1621 aperient1626 cathartic1639 dejectory1640 relaxant1651 spurginga1652 cathartical1656 anastomotic1657 ecphractic1657 ecphractical1657 rhyptical1657 rhyptic1659 loosening1665 eccathartic1681 fluxing1702 chalastic1704 loosinga1722 hypactic1753 evacuatory1789 evacuant1800 relaxatory1925 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > not firmly attached or loose > becoming or making loosening1665 starting1796 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > becoming loose loosening1801 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 13 The strange loosening nature of a violent jarring motion. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 698/1 Laxative or Loosening Tartar. 1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Laxantia, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. Laxative, or Loosening Medicines. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 187 Thalaba Watches her snowy fingers round and round Wind the loosening chain. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 15 They are fed upon roots..which exert a loosening effect on the teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1598adj.1665
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