Meanings
verbunfasten (third-person singular simple present unfastens, present participle unfastening, simple past and past participle unfastened)
present singular third person unfastens · participle present unfastening · participle past unfastened · past unfastened
- transitiveTo detach from any connecting agency or link; to disconnect.
He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek λύω
- λύω (lúō)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
Bulgarian откачам, отвързвам
- откачам (otkačam)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- отвързвам (otvărzvam)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- пткачам се (ptkačam se)to come unloosed or untied
- развързвам се (razvărzvam se)to come unloosed or untied
Chinese Mandarin 解開 /解开
- 解開 /解开 (jiěkāi)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
Dutch losmaken, loskomen
- losmakento detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- loskomento come unloosed or untied
Finnish irrottaa, irrota
- irrottaato detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- irrotato come unloosed or untied
French défaire
- défaireto detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
German abschnallen, lösen
- abschnallento detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- lösento detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- losmachento detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
Greek λύνω, χαλαρώνω
- λύνω (lýno)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- χαλαρώνω (chalaróno)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- ξεκουμπώνω (unbutton)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- ξεδένω (xedéno)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
Irish scaoil
- scaoilto detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
Italian sciogliere, svergare
- sciogliereto come unloosed or untied
- svergareto come unloosed or untied
Japanese はずす, ほどく
- はずす (hazusu)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- ほどく (hodoku)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- 解く (toku)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
Russian развя́зывать, развяза́ть
- развя́зывать (razvjázyvatʹ)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- развяза́ть (razvjazátʹ)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- расстёгивать (rasstjógivatʹ)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- расстегну́ть (rasstegnútʹ)to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
- развя́зываться (razvjázyvatʹsja)to come unloosed or untied
- развяза́ться (razvjazátʹsja)to come unloosed or untied
- расстёгиваться (rasstjógivatʹsja)to come unloosed or untied
- расстегну́ться (rasstegnútʹsja)to come unloosed or untied
Spanish desabrochar
- desabrocharto detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
Welsh dod yn rhydd
- dod yn rhyddto come unloosed or untied
Cite this entry
APA
unfasten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfasten
MLA
“unfasten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfasten. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfasten,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfasten.
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