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unbutton
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unbutton has 1 sense
- unbutton(v = verb.contact) Array - undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt" is one way to undo
Antonym: button
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
unbutton, v. t. [1st pref. un- + button.].
To loose the buttons of; to unfasten. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unbutton, v.tr.
1 a unfasten (a coat etc.) by taking the buttons out of the buttonholes. b unbutton the clothes of (a person).
2 (absol.) colloq. relax from tension or formality, become communicative.
3 (as unbuttoned adj.) a not buttoned. b colloq. communicative; informal.
1 a unfasten (a coat etc.) by taking the buttons out of the buttonholes. b unbutton the clothes of (a person).
2 (absol.) colloq. relax from tension or formality, become communicative.
3 (as unbuttoned adj.) a not buttoned. b colloq. communicative; informal.
THESAURUS
unbutton
cast off, detach, disengage, doff, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, remove, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unstick, unstrap, untie, weigh anchor
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