Dictionary

unfasten en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈfɑːs(ə)n/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + fasten.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To 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]:
2. (intransitive) To come unloosed or untied.

Forms

Antonyms

do up · tie up · button · button up · zip up · zip

Deriveds

unfastenable · unfastener

Hyponyms

unbutton · unzip · untie

Synonyms

undo

Translations (34)

ru расстёгиваться (to come unloosed or untied) · cy dod yn rhydd (to come unloosed or untied) · ru развя́зывать (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · el ξεδένω (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · de abschnallen (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · el ξεκουμπώνω (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · fi irrota (to come unloosed or untied) · bg развързвам се (to come unloosed or untied) · el λύνω (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · cmn 解開 /解开 (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ru расстегну́ть (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ja ほどく (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ja はずす (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ru расстегну́ться (to come unloosed or untied) · bg откачам (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ru развяза́ться (to come unloosed or untied) · bg отвързвам (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ru развя́зываться (to come unloosed or untied) · es desabrochar (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · de losmachen (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ru развяза́ть (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · it svergare (to come unloosed or untied) · nl loskomen (to come unloosed or untied) · ja 解く (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · fr défaire (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · fi irrottaa (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · bg пткачам се (to come unloosed or untied) · grc λύω (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · el χαλαρώνω (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · it sciogliere (to come unloosed or untied) · de lösen (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ga scaoil (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · ru расстёгивать (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect) · nl losmaken (to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect)