verb
- to unfasten or untie something; to set free or release
Usage: formal; somewhat archaic
Examples
- She carefully unloosed the knot in the rope.
- The prisoner was unloosed from his chains.
- He unloosed his grip on the steering wheel.
- The sailor unloosed the sail from its moorings.
- With trembling hands, she unloosed the ribbon around the package.
- The storm unloosed its fury upon the coastal town.