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loosened 音标拼音: [l'usənd] 疏松的 疏松的 loosened adj 1: straightened out [ synonym: { disentangled}, { loosened}, { unsnarled}] loosened \ loosened\ adj. 1. having constraints removed. Syn: freed. [ WordNet 1. 5 PJC] 2. straightened out; untangled. Syn: disentangled, unsnarled. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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]
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