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To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.

with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.

Wanting a band or string; unfastened. [Obs.] Shak.

To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.

To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.

To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. "He shall unbolt the gates." Shak.

To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.

To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.

To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle. Tennyson. Pray you, undo this button. Shak. She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it. Sir W. Scott.

To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.

To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten. Shak.

To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.

To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.

To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.

To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open. Shak.

To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.

To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] Dryden.