Unbutton
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌnˈbʌtən/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unbutton is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, ergative) To come open by having its buttons unfastened.
Example Sentences
He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily.
"Mr Baxter, I think?" said the latter. He had laid aside his dripping umbrella and was unbuttoning overcoat and coat to reach an inner pocket.
Being now too high wound up to bear a delay, he unbutton'd, and drawing out the engine of love-assaults, drove it currently, as at a ready-made breach
Word Forms
- unbuttons
- unbuttoning
- unbuttoned
Antonyms for unbutton
Common opposites include button.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unrestrained, unlaced, undo, disbutton, unbuckle, unbolt.
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