LOOSENED

disentangled, loosened, unsnarled

(adjective) straightened out

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

loosened

simple past tense and past participle of loosen

Adjective

loosened (comparative more loosened, superlative most loosened)

Having been made less tight or more relaxed.

Anagrams

• loose end

Source: Wiktionary


LOOSEN

Loos"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loosened; p. pr. & vb. n. Loosening.] Etym: [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. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening of the earth. Bacon.

2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.. It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding. Dryden.

3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of. Bacon.

Loos"en, v. i.

Definition: To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. S. Sharp.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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