English verb: unloose | |||
1. | unloose (social) grant freedom to; free from confinement | ||
Examples | They want to unloose the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | free, liberate, loose, release, unloosen | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bail, bail out, parole, run, unchain, unspell | ||
Antonyms | detain, confine | ||
2. | unloose (contact) loosen the ties of | ||
Samples | Unloose your sneakers. | ||
Synonyms | unloosen | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unbrace, unlace, untie | ||