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UNFASTENING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unfastening mean?
• UNFASTENING (noun)
The noun UNFASTENING has 1 sense:
1. loosening the ties that fasten something
Familiarity information: UNFASTENING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loosening the ties that fasten something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Context example:
the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy
Hypernyms ("unfastening" is a kind of...):
laxation; loosening (the act of making something less tight)
Derivation:
unfasten (become undone or untied)
unfasten (cause to become undone)
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"A mosquito can make the lion's eye bleed." (Arabic proverb)
"The fox can lose his fur but not his cunning." (Corsican proverb)