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# unbuckle

«unbuckle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to undo a buckle — open the fastening of a belt, strap or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (unbuckle, unbuckles, unbuckled, unbuckling)

### meaning for a pupil

To unbuckle means to undo a buckle — open the fastening of a belt, strap or seat belt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life and safety: in a car, keep your seat belt buckled until the car has stopped and the grown-up says it is safe; then unbuckle and get out on the pavement side. On planes, the «fasten seat belt» sign tells you when you may unbuckle. Also: unbuckle your shoes, your bike helmet strap, a backpack. Phrases: unbuckle your seat belt, unbuckle a belt, unbuckle the strap.

### examples

- Don't unbuckle your seat belt until the car stops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#x1)
- I unbuckled my shoes and kicked them off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#x2)
- The pilot said we could unbuckle our seat belts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#x3)
- Help your little brother unbuckle his car seat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#x4)
- Unbuckle your helmet only when you are off the bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#x5)
- The horse rider unbuckled the saddle strap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#x6)
- The men unbuckled their knapsacks and filled them with those precious things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: unbuckled, unbuckling. «Un-» means undo or reverse; the opposite is «buckle» or «buckle up». Safety: unbuckling in a moving car is dangerous even for a moment.

### In the corpora

- [An unbuckled helmet comes off in a crash before the head hits the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unbuckle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbuckle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.