"loosened" in the verb sense
1. loosen, loose
make loose or looser
"loosen the tension on a rope"
2. relax, loosen
make less severe or strict
"The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
3. relax, loosen
become less severe or strict
"The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
4. tease, tease apart, loosen
disentangle and raise the fibers of
"tease wool"
5. untie, undo, loosen
cause to become loose
"undo the shoelace"
"untie the knot"
"loosen the necktie"
6. loosen
make less dense
"loosen the soil"
7. loosen, relax, loose
become loose or looser or less tight
"The noose loosened"
"the rope relaxed"
"loosened" in the adjective sense
1. disentangled, loosened, unsnarled
straightened out
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