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de- |
a prefix that means to undo or reverse an action. [1/3 definitions] |
dishevel |
to undo and let fall loosely (hair or clothing). [1/2 definitions] |
irrevocable |
impossible to take back, undo, or cancel. |
loosen |
to undo or release. [1/2 definitions] |
overleap |
to defeat or undo (oneself) by leaping or going too far. [1/2 definitions] |
unbutton |
to undo a button or buttons on (clothing or the like). |
uncouple |
to undo the coupling or connection between; disconnect. [1/2 definitions] |
undid |
past tense of undo. |
undone1 |
past participle of undo. |
undone2 |
past participle of undo. [1/4 definitions] |
unfasten |
to release from; undo; separate. |
unlace |
to loosen or undo the laces of. |
unloose |
to loosen, relax, unfasten, or undo. [1/2 definitions] |
unmake |
to reduce to nothing; wipe out or undo. [1/3 definitions] |
unravel |
to undo; reduce from cloth to threads; cause to come apart. [1/3 definitions] |
unrip |
to undo, open, or detach by ripping. |
unscrew |
to undo or unfasten by turning. [1/3 definitions] |
unseam |
to undo to rip apart the seams of. |
unsnap |
to undo the snaps of, esp. to unfasten by this action. |
untie |
to free from being tied. [1/2 definitions] |
untwist |
to undo the twisted parts of by turning in the other direction; untwine. [1/2 definitions] |
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