'Loosened' definitions:

Definition of 'loosened'

adjective

Straightened out [syn: disentangled, loosened, unsnarled]

From: GCIDE

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]

From: GCIDE