UNBUTTON

unbutton

(verb) undo the buttons of; “unbutton the shirt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unbutton (third-person singular simple present unbuttons, present participle unbuttoning, simple past and past participle unbuttoned)

(ambitransitive) To open (something) by undoing its buttons.

(intransitive, ergative) To come open by having its buttons unfastened.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*but"ton, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + button.]

Definition: To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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