To unfasten, untie, undo (a bond, cord, etc.).

To unfasten by untying or by releasing from a fixed position; to unfix. Also in figurative context.

transitive. To unloose, unfasten, undo; to open.

transitive. To break a bond, or anything that confines or fastens; to disrupt; hence to dissolve, loosen. Also figurative often with asunder.

transitive. To unfasten; to untie.

To loosen, unloose; to unfasten, open; to relax (the body).

To undo, unfasten (bonds, a knot, or the like). Now usually: To render looser or less tight, to relax, slacken.

transitive. To unfasten (a knot or other fastening); to undo, untie the fastenings of (an object). Cf. loose, v. 2a.

To undo, untie, unfasten (fetters, a knot); to break (a seal); †occasionally with up. †to loose down (Scottish): to unfasten and let down. Now dialect…

transitive. To untie, unbind, loosen; to release (something) from its bonds (literal and figurative); (perhaps) to disentangle.

With reference to figurative or metaphorical ties, bonds, etc. transitive. To loosen; to make less tight or restrictive. Now rare.

transitive. To detach; to undo or release.

transitive. = unloose, v. (in various senses). Also intransitive (cf. unloose, v. 5).

to let slip (See also slip, v.1 5.) transitive. To unfasten what is tied; to loose (a knot). ? Obsolete.

transitive. To undo, to loosen or untie, to relax (a band, grasp, etc.).

transitive. To unfasten, unclasp.

To undo. Obsolete.

transitive. To unfasten.

To unfasten, undo; to unclench or open.

transitive. To unclasp (one's arms). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To remove or undo (something which is fixed firmly in place); spec. to loosen (a nail) by prising up the point, when this has been bent…

transitive. To remove (a rope, cable, chain, etc.) from a hole, ring, block, or similar piece of equipment.

transitive. To undo, free, or loosen, esp. by operating a mechanism or control for this purpose.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1b(b).)

transitive. To remove a quilt or other covering from; (also) to remove or unpick the quilting from. Also figurative.

transitive. To unbind, loosen.

transitive. To untie, undo.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1a + span, v.2 Cf. Old English un-, onspannan, Dutch ontspannen.)

= unfasten, v.

To loosen a bond or that which binds.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1a + dub, v.3 2.)

transitive. To unfasten; to unclasp. Cf. unclasp, v. 1a, 3b.