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lösen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • detach verb To remove or separate something from what it was attached to.
  • dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  • dissociate verb In psychology, to become mentally detached from your thoughts, feelings, body or surroundings, so that experience feels unreal or distant. It often happens under stress or trauma.
  • dissolve verb To mix completely into a liquid so as to become part of the solution.
  • 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.
  • resolve verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
  • solve verb To find the answer to a problem, puzzle, or question.
  • start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
  • undo verb To reverse or cancel the effect of something already done.
  • unfasten verb To undo something so that it comes apart or disconnects.
  • unravel verb To untangle or separate threads that have become knotted or woven together.
  • untie verb To undo a knot or something tied.

Senses

lösen is used for these senses in English:

  • break away To become separated, literally or figuratively.
  • detach (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
  • dissipate (transitive) To drive away, disperse.
  • dissociate (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
  • dissolve (physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
  • ease (transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.
  • loose (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
  • loose (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.

dissipate — full definition

  1. verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  2. verb To waste or squander resources, money, or energy.
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