unbutton
verb/ʌnˈbʌtən/
Etymology
From Middle English onbottonen, unbotonen; equivalent to un- + button.
- inherited from onbottonen
Definitions
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 breach
- "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.
To come open by having its buttons unfastened.
- He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily.
The neighborhood
- neighborunbuttoned
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA