LOOSEN SB'S TONGUE

Meaning of LOOSEN SB'S TONGUE in English

to make sb talk more freely than usual :

A bottle of wine had loosened Harry's tongue.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE — Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, and …
Английский словарь Британика
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOSEN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOSEN — (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
LOOSEN — ( v. t. ) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — — tongueless , adj. — tonguelike , adj. /tung/ , n. , v. tongued, tonguing . n. 1. Anat. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOSEN — — loosener , n. /looh"seuhn/ , v.t. 1. to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter. 2. to make …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zunga tongue, Latin lingua Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOSEN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE — noun any small sole. 2. tongue ·noun the clapper of a bell. 3. tongue ·noun ·same·as reed, ·noun, 5. 4. …
Webster English vocab
LOOSEN — vt to free from restraint; to set at liberty. 2. loosen ·vi to become loose; to become less tight, firm, …
Webster English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
TONGUE — [tongue] n [ME tunge, fr. OE; akin to OHG zunga tongue, L lingua] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a fleshy movable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE — in most vertebrates, an organ, capable of various muscular movements, located on the floor of the mouth. In some animals …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOOSEN — loosen BrE AmE ˈluːs ə n ▷ loosen|ed d ▷ loosen|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ loosen|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONGUE — / tʌŋ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the soft part in the mouth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOSEN — / ˈluːsn; NAmE / verb 1. to make sth less tight or firmly fixed; to become less tight or firmly …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. tongue 1 S3 W3 /tʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tunge ] 1 . MOUTH …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOSEN — loos ‧ en /ˈluːs ə n/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] to make something less tight or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOSEN — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become less tight or compact or firm. 2 tr. make (a regime etc.) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONGUE — n. & v. n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOSEN — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become less tight or compact or firm. 2 tr. make (a regime etc.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Oxford English vocab
LOOSEN — v. 1. tr. & intr. make or become less tight or compact or firm. 2 tr. make (a regime etc.) …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
TONGUE — ( tongues) 1. Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOSEN — ( loosens, loosening, loosened) 1. If someone loosens restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOSEN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If someone ~s restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe. Drilling …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONGUE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES click your tongue (= make a short sound with your tongue to show disapproval …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOSEN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES break/loosen the stranglehold of sb (= stop someone having complete control ) loosen a knot …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOSEN — [verb] [I]Over the years, the screws holding the bed together had loosened (= become less fixed).If you loosen your grip …
Cambridge English vocab
TONGUE — n. Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Slang English vocab
TONGUE — n. long tongue tongue lash tongue tied tongue walk
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOSEN
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOOSEN — v. 25B6; verb you simply loosen two screws : MAKE SLACK, slacken, unstick; unfasten, detach, release, disconnect, undo, unclasp, unlatch, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOSEN — v. 1 loose; undo, unfasten, unhook, unbutton, unlace, untie, unbind, unbuckle; unscrew Quick! Loosen his collar! 2 weaken, detach, separate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Словарь английских идиом
SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
TONGUE — сущ. 1) а) язык furred/dirty/foul/coated tongue ≈ обложенный язык (у больного) б) язык (еда) 2) что-л., имеющее форму языка, напоминающее …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOOSEN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE — tongue.ogg 1. tʌŋ n 1. 1> язык furred /dirty, foul, coated/ tongue - обложенный язык ( больного ) to put …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOOSEN
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONGUE — 1) язык; язычок 2) гребень валка; рельефный калибр валка 3) шпунт; шип; гребень || соединять в шпунт или в гребень; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TONGUE — 1) язык; язычок 2) гребень валка; рельефный калибр валка 3) шпунт; шип; гребень || соединять в шпунт или в гребень; соединять на …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TONGUE — 1) гребень шпунтового соединения 2) язык 3) язычный • inclined plane tongue — наклонный остряк - arnold tongue - cold tongue - guiding tongue - loose tongue - switch …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LOOSEN
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LOOSEN — loosen гл.1) а) ослаблять (делать слабее; делать менее строгим, суровым) Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONGUE — 1. tʌŋ n 1. 1> язык furred /dirty, foul, coated/ tongue - обложенный язык ( больного ) to put out …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LOOSEN
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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