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unfasten

[ uhn-fas-uh n, -fah-suh n ]

/ ʌnˈfæs ən, -ˈfɑ sən /

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verb (used with object)

to release from or as from fastenings; detach.

to undo or open (something fastened).

verb (used without object)

to become unfastened.

Origin of unfasten

First recorded in 1175–1225, unfasten is from the Middle English word unfastnen. See un-², fasten

Words nearby unfasten

unfaith, unfaithful, unfamiliar, unfancied, unfashionable, unfasten, unfathered, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfavoured

Example sentences from the Web for unfasten

They also began to strip off their shirts and unfasten their vests.

The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi |Elliot Ackerman |January 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She then began to unfasten her dress, and, taking down her untidy red hair, twisted it up into a knot at the back of her head.

The Girls of St. Wode's |L. T. Meade
Tom, unfasten my overall at the back, please, and I will carry it over my arm.

Anxious Audrey |Mabel Quiller-Couch
He knelt to unfasten his spurs and put them on the other's boots.

The Biography of a Prairie Girl |Eleanor Gates

In addition to this Haley tied his wrists together, fearing that otherwise he might be able to unfasten the knot.

Brave and Bold |Horatio Alger
Yes, this seems to be the one that was made by the locksmith to fasten and unfasten this lock.

With the Children on Sunday |Sylvanus Stall

British Dictionary definitions for unfasten

unfasten

/ (ʌnˈfɑːsən) /

verb

to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened