Dictionary entry details
• UNDO (verb)
Meaning:
Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
I wish I could undo my actions
Hypernyms (to "undo" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "undo"):
unbrace; unlace; untie (undo the ties of)
unwire (undo the wiring of)
open; spread; spread out; unfold (spread out or open from a closed or folded state)
unbuckle (undo the buckle of)
disentangle; unwind (separate the tangles of)
unknot; unpick; unravel; unscramble; untangle (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of)
unbraid (undo the braids of)
disconnect; unplug (pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable)
unpin (remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of)
unbutton (undo the buttons of)
unclip (remove the clip from)
unstaple (take the staples off)
unbelt (undo the belt of)
unfasten (cause to become undone)
unpick (undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing))
unhitch (unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch)
unstrap (remove the strap or straps from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Deprive of certain characteristics
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
unmake; undo
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "undo"):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause the ruin or downfall of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign
Hypernyms (to "undo" is one way to...):
ruin (destroy or cause to fail)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to become loose
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
untie; undo; loosen
Context examples:
undo the shoelace / untie the knot / loosen the necktie
Hypernyms (to "undo" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove the outer cover or wrapping of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
unwrap; undo
Context examples:
Let's unwrap the gifts! / undo the parcel
Hypernyms (to "undo" is one way to...):
expose; uncover (remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
