1.
[syn: disentangled, loosened, unsnarled]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
loosened
adj 1: straightened out [syn: disentangled, loosened,
unsnarled]