UNFASTENED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unfastened mean? 

• UNFASTENED (adjective)
  The adjective UNFASTENED has 4 senses:

1. not closed or secured

2. affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

3. not buttoned

4. not tied

  Familiarity information: UNFASTENED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNFASTENED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not closed or secured

Context example:

unfastened seatbelts

Similar:

unbarred; unbolted; unlatched; unlocked; unsecured (not firmly fastened or secured)

undone (not fastened or tied or secured)

Antonym:

fastened (firmly closed or secured)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

Synonyms:

open; unfastened

Context example:

they left the door open

Similar:

ajar (slightly open)

wide-open (open wide)

Also:

open (affording free passage or access)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not buttoned

Synonyms:

unbuttoned; unfastened

Context example:

the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat

Similar:

open-collared (of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Not tied

Synonyms:

unfastened; untied

 Context examples 

So the Wizard unfastened his head and emptied out the straw.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

As it was square and unfastened it was easily done.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

François unfastened Sol-leks’s traces and put him back in his old place.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

His cowl was thrown back upon his shoulders, and his gown, unfastened at the top, disclosed a round, sinewy neck, ruddy and corded like the bark of the fir.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In another moment, however, she found herself in the state of being released from him; some one was taking him from her, though he had bent down her head so much, that his little sturdy hands were unfastened from around her neck, and he was resolutely borne away, before she knew that Captain Wentworth had done it.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Rapunzel had magnificent long hair, fine as spun gold, and when she heard the voice of the enchantress she unfastened her braided tresses, wound them round one of the hooks of the window above, and then the hair fell twenty ells down, and the enchantress climbed up by it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Sick as he was, Dave resented being taken out, grunting and growling while the traces were unfastened, and whimpering broken-heartedly when he saw Sol-leks in the position he had held and served so long.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)