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CAUSE TO BECOME NOT TIGHT.
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Hypernym
  • CAUSE TO　MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)

Words (3 items)

弛  chí OC: lʰelʔ MC: ɕiɛ 1 Attribution

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNrelax, slacken (a bow)
  • vtoNfigurativemake less tight> make less severe, make more lenient
弨  chāo OC: khljew MC: tɕhiɛu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vibe unbent; be relaxed (the string a bow) (SHI)
緩  huǎn MC: hwanX OC: ɢʷaanʔ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNloosenCH