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 | ||