Found 3 hits - Term: loosened, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
loosened \loosened\ adj.
1. having constraints removed.
syn: freed.
wordnet 1.5 +pjc
2. straightened out; untangled.
syn: disentangled, unsnarled.
wordnet 1.5
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
loosen \loos"en\ l=oos"'n, v. t. imp. p. p. loosened
l=oos"'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.
1913 webster
after a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree
good by loosening of the earth. --bacon.
1913 webster
2. to free from restraint; to set at liberty..
1913 webster
it loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
--dryden.
1913 webster
3. to remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the
alvine discharges of. --bacon.
1913 webster
see also:
loosened loosening loose
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
loosened
adj : straightened out syn: disentangled, unsnarled
see also:
disentangled unsnarled
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