'Loosing' definitions:
Definition of 'Loosing'
From: GCIDE
- Loose \Loose\ (l[=oo]s), v. n. [imp. & p. p. Loosed (l[=oo]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing.] [From Loose, a.]
- 1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. [1913 Webster]
- Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job. xxxviii. 31. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. --Matt. xxi. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit. [1913 Webster]
- Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1 Cor. vii. 27. [1913 Webster]
- Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. --Matt. xvi. 19. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. [1913 Webster]
- The joints of his loins were loosed. --Dan. v. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'loosing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- demobilization,
- discharge,
- dismissal,
- parole,
- release,
- unbinding,
- unbolting,
- unbridling,
- unbuckling,
- uncaging,
- unchaining,
- unfettering,
- ungagging,
- unhanding,
- unharnessing,
- unhobbling,
- unlashing,
- unlatching,
- unleashing,
- unlocking,
- unloosing,
- unmanacling,
- unmuzzling,
- unpenning,
- unshackling,
- unstrapping,
- untethering,
- untrussing,
- untying,
- unyoking
Words containing 'Loosing'
- Loose,
- Loosed,
- Loosely,
- Looseness,
- loose off,
- on the loose,
- A screw loose,
- At loose ends,
- Fast and loose,
- Loose liver,
- Loose pulley,
- To break loose,
- To get loose,
- To give a loose,
- To let loose,
- To loose sails,
- break loose,
- cut loose,
- let loose,
- loose cannon,
- loose end,
- loose ends,
- loose sentence,
- loose smut,
- loose woman,
- loosely knit,
- looseness of the bowels,
- pry loose from,
- tear loose,
- Fast and loose pulleys,
- foot-loose,
- loose-fitting,
- loose-jointed,
- loose-jowled,
- loose-leaf,
- screw-loose,
- loose-leaf binder,
- loose-leaf lettuce