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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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456 words match “LOOSE”

UNBIND v.
To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.
UNBRACE v.
To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser.
UNBRIDLE v.
To free from the bridle; to set loose.
UNBRIDLED a.
Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions. "Unbridled boldness." B. Jonson. Lands deluged by unbridled floods. Wordsworth. -- Un*bri"dled*ness, n. Abp. Leighton.
UNBUCKLE v.
To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.
UNBUTTON v.
To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
UNCAGE v.
To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.
UNCHAIN v.
To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. Prior.
UNCLASP v.
To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart.
UNCOACH v.
To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] Chapman.
UNCORD v.
To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.
UNCOUPLE v.
To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
UNCURL v.
To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly. He sheaths his paw, uncurls his angry mane. Dryden.
UNDO v.
To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle. Tennyson. Pray you, undo this button. Shak. She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it. Sir W. Scott.
UNDRESS n.
A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.
UNFASTEN v.
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
UNFETTER v.
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
UNFIX v.
To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
UNFURL v.
To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
UNGIRD v.
To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload. He ungirded his camels. Gen. xxiv. 32.
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