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UNBUTTON
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unbutton ... he / she / it unbuttons
Past simple: unbuttoned
Past participle: unbuttoned
-ing form: unbuttoning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undo the buttons of
Example:
unbutton the shirt
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unbutton" is one way to...):
undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
button (fasten with buttons)
