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Unbuckle definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNBUCK'LE, v.t. To loose from buckles; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe; to unbuckle a girdle; to unbuckle a helm.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: undo the buckle of; "Unbuckle your seat belt" [ant: buckle, clasp]

Merriam Webster's

Date: 14th century transitive verb to loose the buckle of ; unfasten intransitive verb 1. to loosen buckles 2. relax

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. release the buckle of (a strap, shoe, etc.).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unbuckle Un*buc"kle, v. t. [1st pref. un- + buckle.] To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. ``Unbuckle anon thy purse.'' --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unbuckles, unbuckling, unbuckled) If you unbuckle something such as a belt or a shoe, you undo the buckle fastening it. He unbuckled his seat belt... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Unfasten, loose, unloose.

Moby Thesaurus

cast off, detach, disengage, doff, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, remove, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbridle, unbutton, uncage, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, ungag, unglue, unhandcuff, unhobble, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unmanacle, unmuzzle, unpen, unpinion, unshackle, unstick, unstrap, untether, untie, untruss, unyoke, weigh anchor