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 detach from any connecting agency or link; to disconnect.
- 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
- verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
- verb To waste or squander resources, money, or energy.