verb
- Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
- usage: "I wish I could undo my actions"
- synonyms: undo
- Deprive of certain characteristics.
- Cause the ruin or downfall of.
- usage: "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign"
- synonyms: undo
- Cause to become loose.
- usage: "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
- Remove the outer cover or wrapping of.
- usage: "Let's unwrap the gifts"; "undo the parcel"
adjective
- Not done.
- usage: "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"
- Doomed to extinction.
- Not fastened or tied or secured.
- usage: "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone"
- Thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence.
- usage: "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"
- synonyms: unstuck
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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