- pronunciation:
- uhn
du
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
undoes, undoing, undid, undone |
| definition 1: |
When you undo something, you make it loose or free. When you undo the buttons on your jacket, you take the buttons out of the button holes.
My mom undid the buttons on the back of my dress because I couldn't reach them.David undid the knot in his shoelace.- antonyms:
- fasten
- similar words:
- loosen, release
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| definition 2: |
If something undoes another thing, it reverses it or destroys it.
The new piano teacher had a completely different method from the old teacher, and she undid everything the old teacher had taught her students.In the spring, the farmer planted a long row of fruit trees. When the big storm came in the summer, it undid all the farmer's work. |
| related words: |
spring |
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