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unstick
verb as in loose/loosen
Weak matches
- alleviate
- become unfastened
- break up
- deliver
- detach
- discharge
- disconnect
- disengage
- disenthrall
- disjoin
- ease
- ease off
- emancipate
- extricate
- free
- let go
- let out
- liberate
- manumit
- mitigate
- relax
- release
- separate
- slacken
- unbar
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unpin
- unscrew
- unsnap
- unstrap
- untie
- untighten
- work free
- work loose
verb as in loosen
Strong matches
Example Sentences
When the rocks suddenly unstick, or snap, they release all that stress as an earthquake.
When we dissolve sugar in water, all we do is unstick those true molecules.
What those glues typically can’t do, however, is later unstick and restick on command.
There are a bevy of metaphorical interpretations both of the ship getting stuck and the comparatively tiny machines trying to unstick it.
Beyond that, keeping your blood flowing and exercising your limbs’ full range of motion can unstick any tissues in your arm that are over-compressed.
And, come to that, I don't need to unstick the envelope to know what's inside here.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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