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loosened   (TTS Sound)

The verb loosen has 7 senses

• loosen, loose -- (make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope")


• relax, loosen -- (make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught")


• relax, loosen -- (become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived")


• tease, tease apart, loosen -- (disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool")


• untie, undo, loosen -- (cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie")


• loosen -- (make less dense; "loosen the soil")


• loosen, relax, loose -- (become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed")

The adj loosened has 1 sense

• disentangled, loosened, unsnarled -- (straightened out)