Unfix

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To detach from what secures; unfasten.
  • v. To cause to leave a tranquil condition; disturb.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To unfasten from a fixing
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle
  • v. To make fluid; to dissolve.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make no longer fixed or firm; loosen from any fastening; detach; unsettle: as, to unfix the mind or affections; to unfix bayonets.
  • To melt; dissolve.
  • Word Usage
    "He attempted to withdraw his hand but Carrigan maintained an unconscious clamp on it, which threw Daniel's free hand into dire confusion: it moved to unfix its imprisoned sibling, but, to its utter horror, found itself established atop Carrigan's wrist in a four-layer embrace that could only be described as intimate."
    Verb Form
    unfixed    unfixes    unfixing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unsettle    dissolve    unfasten    loose    detach