Unpin
[ʌn'pɪn]
Definition
(v. t.) To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.
Inputed by Diego
Definition
v.t. to loose what is pinned.
Checked by Leda
Examples
- Let me unpin it and look at it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One of his lace lappets came unpinned. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I'll do my best to gratify you, Sir, was Laurie's unusually dutiful reply, as he carefully unpinned the posy Jo had put in his buttonhole. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then the woman came and unpinned them, and, folding them together, carried the handful upstairs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Inputed by Errol