unbuckle


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un·buck·le

 (ŭn-bŭk′əl)
v. un·buck·led, un·buck·ling, un·buck·les
v.tr.
To loosen or undo the buckle or buckles of.
v.intr.
1. To undo buckles.
2. Informal To relax.
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unbuckle

(ʌnˈbʌkəl)
vb (tr)
to undo the buckle fastening something such as a belt or a shoe
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un•buck•le

(ʌnˈbʌk əl)

v. -led, -ling. v.i.
1. to unfasten the buckle or buckles of.
v.i.
2. to undo a buckle.
[1350–1400]
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unbuckle


Past participle: unbuckled
Gerund: unbuckling

Imperative
unbuckle
unbuckle
Present
I unbuckle
you unbuckle
he/she/it unbuckles
we unbuckle
you unbuckle
they unbuckle
Preterite
I unbuckled
you unbuckled
he/she/it unbuckled
we unbuckled
you unbuckled
they unbuckled
Present Continuous
I am unbuckling
you are unbuckling
he/she/it is unbuckling
we are unbuckling
you are unbuckling
they are unbuckling
Present Perfect
I have unbuckled
you have unbuckled
he/she/it has unbuckled
we have unbuckled
you have unbuckled
they have unbuckled
Past Continuous
I was unbuckling
you were unbuckling
he/she/it was unbuckling
we were unbuckling
you were unbuckling
they were unbuckling
Past Perfect
I had unbuckled
you had unbuckled
he/she/it had unbuckled
we had unbuckled
you had unbuckled
they had unbuckled
Future
I will unbuckle
you will unbuckle
he/she/it will unbuckle
we will unbuckle
you will unbuckle
they will unbuckle
Future Perfect
I will have unbuckled
you will have unbuckled
he/she/it will have unbuckled
we will have unbuckled
you will have unbuckled
they will have unbuckled
Future Continuous
I will be unbuckling
you will be unbuckling
he/she/it will be unbuckling
we will be unbuckling
you will be unbuckling
they will be unbuckling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unbuckling
you have been unbuckling
he/she/it has been unbuckling
we have been unbuckling
you have been unbuckling
they have been unbuckling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unbuckling
you will have been unbuckling
he/she/it will have been unbuckling
we will have been unbuckling
you will have been unbuckling
they will have been unbuckling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unbuckling
you had been unbuckling
he/she/it had been unbuckling
we had been unbuckling
you had been unbuckling
they had been unbuckling
Conditional
I would unbuckle
you would unbuckle
he/she/it would unbuckle
we would unbuckle
you would unbuckle
they would unbuckle
Past Conditional
I would have unbuckled
you would have unbuckled
he/she/it would have unbuckled
we would have unbuckled
you would have unbuckled
they would have unbuckled
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.unbuckle - undo the buckle ofunbuckle - undo the buckle of; "Unbuckle your seat belt"
undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"
buckle, clasp - fasten with a buckle or buckles
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Translations
يَحُل، يَفُك
odepnout
lecsatol
spenna frá
atsprādzēt
odopnúť
tokasını çözmek/açmak

unbuckle

[ˈʌnˈbʌkl] VTdesabrochar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unbuckle

[ʌnˈbʌkəl] vt [+ seat belt, belt, shoes, sandals] → déboucler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unbuckle

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unbuckle

[ʌnˈbʌkl] vtslacciare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unbuckle

(anˈbakl) verb
to undo the buckle or buckles of. He unbuckled his belt.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

unbuckle

vt desabrochar(se)
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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I never saw a man unbuckle harness so quickly as he did, and with a pat and a good word he led me to a long stable, with six or eight stalls in it, and two or three horses.
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Team members get in, buckle up, and throw their hands in the air until a referee (Murray & Guari) shouts "Rotate!" Then they unbuckle, get out, rotate clockwise around the car to the next seat, and buckle-up again.