What does unfasten mean?
Definitions for unfasten
ʌnˈfæs ən, -ˈfɑ sənun·fas·ten
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Princeton's WordNet
unfastenverb
cause to become undone
"unfasten your belt"
unfastenverb
become undone or untied
"The shoelaces unfastened"
Wiktionary
unfastenverb
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
unfastenverb
To come untied or unloosed.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Unfastenverb
To loose; to unfix.
He had no sooner unfastened his hold, but that a wave forcibly spoiled his weaker hand of hold. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
His foes are so enrooted with his friends,
That plucking to unfix an enemy,
He doth unfasten so, and shake a friend. William Shakespeare.Then in the key-hole turns
Th’ intricate wards, and every bolt and bar
Of massy iron, or solid rock, with ease
Unfastens. John Milton, Par. Lost. b. ii. l. 876.
ChatGPT
unfasten
To unfasten something means to undo or loosen a connection, attachment, or a fastening; to set free or detach. It often implies removing restraints or restrictions such opening a buckle, unsnapping a button, unzipping a zipper, or unlocking a lock.
Webster Dictionary
Unfastenverb
to loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unfasten
un-fas′n, v.t. to loose, as from a fastening: to unfix. v.i. to become untied.—n. Unfas′tener.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unfasten in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unfasten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of unfasten in a Sentence
Since the death instinct exists in the heart of everything that lives, since we suffer from trying to repress it, since everything that lives longs for rest, let us unfasten the ties that bind us to life, let us cultivate our death wish, let us develop it, water it like a plant, let it grow unhindered. Suffering and fear are born from the repression of the death wish.
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