löysätä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- loose adj Not firmly attached, fixed, or fitting tightly.
- loosen verb To make something less tight, or to become less tight.
- relax verb To rest and become free of tension, stress, or worry.
- slacken verb To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
Senses
löysätä is used for these senses in English:
- check (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- ease (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- let out To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
- loose (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
- loosen (transitive) To make loose.
- relax (transitive) To make something loose.
- relax (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- slacken (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
check — full definition
- noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
- noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
- noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
- noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
- verb To examine or verify something.
ease — full definition
- noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- noun A relaxed state, free from worry, pain, or awkwardness.
- verb To make something less difficult, painful, or intense.