[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.", "to make less tight; slacken or relax:to loosen one's grasp.", "to make less firmly fixed in place:to loosen a tooth.", "to let loose or set free from bonds, restraint, or constraint.", "to make less close or compact in structure or arrangement.", "to make less dense or coherent:to loosen the soil in a garden.", "to relax in strictness or severity, as restraint or discipline:to loosen restrictions on trade.", "to relieve (the bowels) of their constipated condition."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become loose or looser (sometimes followed byup):His hold loosened. Your shoes will loosen up with wear."]}]