Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having constraints removed.
- adjective straightened out; untangled.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
loosen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective straightened out
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Examples
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Their hut stood at the end of the village, beyond it spread the bleak moor, now all white and silent; but that moor had once been a forest, great roots of old trees were still to be found in it, loosened from the soil and laid bare by the winds and rains.
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It will be a mortal blow if there is a single palm missing on Monte Chiaro or if a single stone has loosened from the town wall.
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Then he had discovered that big stones had loosened from the dome just over the image.
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Golden as the earliest leaf loosened from the spray,
The Drift of Pinions Marjorie Lowry Christie 1913
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Unyoked from bondage, loosened from the world, katakiccā
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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He shook his head, and without a word loosened the girths of his horse and took off the bridle.
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He drew it halfway from its scabbard, then put it back and set the scabbard gently back in place, the sword loosened, hilt ready to hand.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Slowly the sword loosened, came forth from the slit in which it had been set.
Merlin's Mirror Norton, Andre 1975
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You can reason with a mastiff, take a bull by surprise, fascinate a snake, frighten a tiger, mollify a lion; but there is no resource with the monster known as a loosened gun.
Great Sea Stories Various 1897
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In anticipation of the event, I've "loosened" a part of my cone exhibit A, above.
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