English > unfasten: 2 senses > verb 1, contactMeaning | Cause to become undone. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Example | "unfasten your belt" |
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Cause to | unfasten | Become undone or untied |
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Narrower | unbend | unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay |
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unchain | Remove the chains from |
unzip | open the zipper of |
Broader | undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect |
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Opposite | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
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Spanish | desabrochar, desatar, desprender |
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Catalan | descordar, desprendre |
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Nouns | unfastener | a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens |
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unfastening | loosening the ties that fasten something |