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English
Etymology
From un- + fasten.
Pronunciation
Verb
unfasten (third-person singular simple present unfastens, present participle unfastening, simple past and past participle unfastened)
- (transitive) To detach from any connecting agency or link; to disconnect.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.
- (intransitive) To come unloosed or untied.
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Translations
to detach from any connecting agency or link
— see also disconnect
- Bulgarian: откачам (bg) (otkačam), отвързвам (bg) (otvǎrzvam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 解開／解开 (zh) (jiěkāi)
- Dutch: losmaken (nl)
- Finnish: irrottaa (fi)
- French: défaire (fr)
- German: abschnallen, lösen (de), losmachen (de)
- Greek: λύνω (el) (lýno), χαλαρώνω (el) (chalaróno), (unbutton) ξεκουμπώνω (el) (xekoumpóno), ξεδένω (el) (xedéno)
- Ancient: λύω (lúō)
- 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)
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to come unloosed or untied
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