unfasten

English

Etymology

Verb

unfasten (third-person singular simple present unfastens, present participle unfastening, simple past and past participle unfastened)

(transitive) To detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
(intransitive) To come untied or unloosed.

Quotations

c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: Printed by V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, OCLC 55178895:
, iv. 1. 209.
He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.

Synonyms

undo

Antonyms

Hyponyms

Translations

to loose

Chinese:
Mandarin: 解開 (zh), 解开 (zh) (jiěkāi)
Finnish: irrottaa (fi)
French: défaire (fr)
German: abschnallen, lösen (de), losmachen

Greek: λύνω (el) (lýno), χαλαρώνω (el) (chalaróno), (unbutton) ξεκουμπώνω (el) (xekoumpóno), ξεδένω (el) (xedéno)
Irish: scaoil
Japanese: はずす (ja) (hazusu), ほどく (ja) (hodoku), 解く (ja) (とく, toku)
Russian: развя́зывать (ru) impf (razvjázyvatʹ), развяза́ть (ru) pf (razvjazátʹ), расстёгивать (ru) impf (rasstjógivatʹ), расстегну́ть (ru) pf (rasstegnútʹ)
Spanish: desabrochar (es)

to come untied or unloosed

Finnish: irrota (fi)

Russian: развя́зываться (ru) impf (razvjázyvatʹsja), развяза́ться (ru) pf (razvjazátʹsja), расстёгиваться (ru) impf (rasstjógivatʹsja), расстегну́ться (ru) pf (rasstegnútʹsja)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} losmaken (nl)

References

unfasten in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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