un·but·ton

(ŭn-bŭt′n)

v. un·but·toned, un·but·ton·ing, un·but·tons

v.tr.

1. To unfasten the buttons of.

2. To free or remove (a button) from a buttonhole.

3. To open as if by unbuttoning: unbutton the hatches.

v.intr.

To undo buttons.

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unbutton

(ʌnˈbʌtən)

1. to undo by unfastening (the buttons) of (a garment)

2. informal to release or relax (oneself, tension, etc)

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un•but•ton

(ʌnˈbʌt n)

v.t.

1. to free (buttons) from buttonholes; unfasten or undo.

2. to unfasten by or as if by unbuttoning: to unbutton a jacket.

3. to disclose (one's feelings, thoughts, etc.) after deliberate or prolonged silence.

v.i.

4. to unfasten a button or one's buttons.

[1275–1325]

unbutton

Past participle: unbuttoned
Gerund: unbuttoning

Imperative
unbutton
unbutton

Present
I unbutton
you unbutton
he/she/it unbuttons
we unbutton
you unbutton
they unbutton

Preterite
I unbuttoned
you unbuttoned
he/she/it unbuttoned
we unbuttoned
you unbuttoned
they unbuttoned

Present Continuous
I am unbuttoning
you are unbuttoning
he/she/it is unbuttoning
we are unbuttoning
you are unbuttoning
they are unbuttoning

Present Perfect
I have unbuttoned
you have unbuttoned
he/she/it has unbuttoned
we have unbuttoned
you have unbuttoned
they have unbuttoned

Past Continuous
I was unbuttoning
you were unbuttoning
he/she/it was unbuttoning
we were unbuttoning
you were unbuttoning
they were unbuttoning

Past Perfect
I had unbuttoned
you had unbuttoned
he/she/it had unbuttoned
we had unbuttoned
you had unbuttoned
they had unbuttoned

Future
I will unbutton
you will unbutton
he/she/it will unbutton
we will unbutton
you will unbutton
they will unbutton

Future Perfect
I will have unbuttoned
you will have unbuttoned
he/she/it will have unbuttoned
we will have unbuttoned
you will have unbuttoned
they will have unbuttoned

Future Continuous
I will be unbuttoning
you will be unbuttoning
he/she/it will be unbuttoning
we will be unbuttoning
you will be unbuttoning
they will be unbuttoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unbuttoning
you have been unbuttoning
he/she/it has been unbuttoning
we have been unbuttoning
you have been unbuttoning
they have been unbuttoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unbuttoning
you will have been unbuttoning
he/she/it will have been unbuttoning
we will have been unbuttoning
you will have been unbuttoning
they will have been unbuttoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unbuttoning
you had been unbuttoning
he/she/it had been unbuttoning
we had been unbuttoning
you had been unbuttoning
they had been unbuttoning

Conditional
I would unbutton
you would unbutton
he/she/it would unbutton
we would unbutton
you would unbutton
they would unbutton

Past Conditional
I would have unbuttoned
you would have unbuttoned
he/she/it would have unbuttoned
we would have unbuttoned
you would have unbuttoned
they would have unbuttoned

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

unbutton - undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt"

undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

button - fasten with buttons; "button the dress"

Translations

يَفُك الأزْرار

rozepnout

knappe op

aufknöpfen

déboutonnerdébraguetter

hneppa frá

sbottonare

atsisegti

atpogāt

knappe opp

düğmesini açmak/çözmek

解开钮扣

unbutton

[ˈʌnˈbʌtn]

A. VT → desabrochar, desabotonar

B. VI → hacerse más afable

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unbutton

[ʌnˈbʌt^ən] vt [+ blouse, shirt, coat] → déboutonneruncalled for uncalled-for [ʌnˈkɔːldfɔː^r] adj [remark, criticism, comments] → déplacé(e)
I think the criticism is quite uncalled for → Je trouve ces critiques tout à fait déplacées.

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unbutton

vt → aufknöpfen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unbutton

[ʌnˈbʌtn] vt → sbottonare

unbutton

(anˈbatn) verb

to unfasten the buttons of. She unbuttoned her coat.

unbutton

vt desabrochar(se), desabotonar( se); Can you unbutton your shirt?..¿Puede desabrocharse la camisa?

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But to a large and thorough sweeping comprehension of him, it behoves me now to unbutton him still further, and untagging the points of his hose, unbuckling his garters, and casting loose the hooks and the eyes of the joints of his innermost bones, set him before you in his ultimatum; that is to say, in his unconditional skeleton.

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I suppose it is that when we are happy the mind reverts instinctively to those with whom formerly we shared our exaltations and depressions, and je t'eu ai trop dit, dans le bon temps, mon gros Prosper, and you always listened to me too imperturbably, with your pipe in your mouth, your waistcoat unbuttoned, for me not to feel that I can count upon your sympathy to-day.

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When he saw the first hussar with the unbuttoned uniform of his regiment, when he recognized red-haired Dementyev and saw the picket ropes of the roan horses, when Lavrushka gleefully shouted to his master, "The count has come!" and Denisov, who had been asleep on his bed, ran all disheveled out of the mud hut to embrace him, and the officers collected round to greet the new arrival, Rostov experienced the same feeling his mother, his father, and his sister had embraced him, and tears of joy choked him so that he could not speak.

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He was dressed in a suit of ample dimensions, loose neckerchief, open shirtcollar, disclosing a robust neck; his cuffs were invariably unbuttoned, through which appeared a pair of red hands.

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I therefore told my master, "that in the country whence I came, those of my kind always covered their bodies with the hairs of certain animals prepared by art, as well for decency as to avoid the inclemencies of air, both hot and cold; of which, as to my own person, I would give him immediate conviction, if he pleased to command me: only desiring his excuse, if I did not expose those parts that nature taught us to conceal." He said, "my discourse was all very strange, but especially the last part; for he could not understand, why nature should teach us to conceal what nature had given; that neither himself nor family were ashamed of any parts of their bodies; but, however, I might do as I pleased." Whereupon I first unbuttoned my coat, and pulled it off.

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Under the railway bridge I found a group of soldiers--sappers, I think, men in small round caps, dirty red jackets unbuttoned, and showing their blue shirts, dark trousers, and boots coming to the calf.

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The wet snow was falling in big flakes; I unbuttoned myself, regardless of it.

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Yet the very fact that I was full of a strong desire to win caused this gambling for gain, in spite of its attendant squalor, to contain, if you will, something intimate, something sympathetic, to my eyes: for it is always pleasant to see men dispensing with ceremony, and acting naturally, and in an unbuttoned mood.

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