Unbutton

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  • intransitive verb. To unfasten the buttons of.
  • intransitive verb. To free or remove (a button) from a buttonhole.
  • intransitive verb. To open as if by unbuttoning.
  • intransitive verb. To undo buttons.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To unfasten or open, as a garment, by separating the buttons and the buttonholes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To unfasten buttons
  • verb. To open something by undoing its buttons
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. undo the buttons of
  • Word Usage
    "The last straw for me came when I was ushered into a plexiglas cell in full view of the terminal, given an intimate frisk, then told to unbutton the pants, and had the guard stick his hand right down to the genitals."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    undo  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Button  Hutton  Sutton  button  mutton  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cast off  detach  disengage  doff  free  
    verb-form