Loosened

Word LOOSENED
Character 8
Hyphenation loosened
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Loosened"

What do we mean by loosened?

To make loose.

To become loose.

To disengage (a device that restrains).

To become unfastened or undone.

To free from restraint; to set at liberty.

To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.

To create a breach or rift between (two parties).

To sail away (from the shore).

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The word "loosened" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (1928)

Then he had discovered that big stones had loosened from the dome just over the image. ❋ Unknown (1915)

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. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Golden as the earliest leaf loosened from the spray, ❋ Marjorie Lowry Christie (1913)

Unyoked from bondage, loosened from the world, katakiccā ❋ Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys (1909)

He shook his head, and without a word loosened the girths of his horse and took off the bridle. ❋ Unknown (1867)

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. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

Slowly the sword loosened, came forth from the slit in which it had been set. ❋ Norton, Andre (1975)

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. ❋ Various (1897)

In anticipation of the event, I've "loosened" a part of my cone exhibit A, above. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But I don ` t know, come to think of it, it didn ` t-- it kind of loosened up Nicole Kidman ` s tongue so it may not do that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not really hanging but just kind of loosened and maybe that's what happened with the chopper. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And they kind of loosened the duct tape to allow me to eat. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"To see a player that good hit a bad shot, that kind of loosened me up," said Dickerson, 20, who finished at 7-over 79 and will have to shoot a lot better on Friday just to make the cut. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The two lifeboats disembarked, each near one of the newly "loosened" planets. ❋ Smith, E. E. (1954)

But a large proportion of the poetry published in the last ten years is "free verse," which is assuredly of a "loosened" rather than a "bound" pattern. ❋ Bliss Perry (1907)

"When she came in she had some nice plays underneath the basket that kind of loosened up our outside a little bit and gave us a little more play with our guards," said Johnson of Breeding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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