Unbutton
/ʌnˈbʌtən/ verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To open (something) by undoing its buttons. ambitransitive
"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"
- 2 undo the buttons of wordnet
- 3 To come open by having its buttons unfastened. ergative, intransitive
"He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily."
Example
More examples"Tom started to unbutton his shirt."
Etymology
From Middle English onbottonen, unbotonen; equivalent to un- + button.