Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To separate the connected parts of.
- intransitive verb To become loosened or separated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To loose; unfix; unbind; untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; disconnect.
- To come untied or unloosed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
loose ; tounfix ; tounbind ; tountie ; figuratively, todetach from any connecting link or agency; todisconnect . - verb intransitive To come
untied orunloosed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to become undone
- verb become undone or untied
Etymologies
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Examples
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After promising discipline and reduced spending amid inflation concerns this past year, some are concerned that the government will unfasten its moorings, using the European crisis to boost spending again.
Growing Economies, Falling Markets Paulo Winterstein 2012
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I nodded and knelt down to unfasten the latches of the metal box.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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He let her go long enough to unfasten his necklace.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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All those little frog fastenings—he itched to unfasten them one by one.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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All those little frog fastenings—he itched to unfasten them one by one.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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He let her go long enough to unfasten his necklace.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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He let her go long enough to unfasten his necklace.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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One of the Indians stepped up and proceeded to unfasten his pack-straps.
CHAPTER I 2010
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He let her go long enough to unfasten his necklace.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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I nodded and knelt down to unfasten the latches of the metal box.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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