To make loose.
To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
To become unfastened or undone.
To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
To become loose.
To disengage (a device that restrains).
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
To become shorter.
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).