Loosened

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  loosened \loosened\ adj.
     1. having constraints removed.
  
     Syn: freed.
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     2. straightened out; untangled.
  
     Syn: disentangled, unsnarled.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loosen \Loos"en\ (l[=oo]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened}
     (l[=oo]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v.
     t.]
     1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness,
        or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen
        a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
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              After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree
              good by loosening of the earth.       --Bacon.
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     2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
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              It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the
        alvine discharges of. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loosened
       adj : straightened out [syn: {disentangled}, {unsnarled}]