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unbuttons

unbuttons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbutton.

Meaning of unbutton

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To open (something) by undoing its buttons.
    • 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 breach1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
  2. (ergative, intransitive) To come open by having its buttons unfastened.
    • He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily.2010, Janet Chapman, Tempt Me If You Can, page 70

Questions about unbuttons

What is unbuttons the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unbuttons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unbutton.

Words near unbuttons in the dictionary

  1. unbutton
  2. unbuttonable
  3. unbuttoned
  4. unbuttoning
  5. unbuttonings
  6. unbuttons
  7. unbuttressed
  8. unbuxom
  9. unbuxomness
  10. unbuyability
  11. unbuyable

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