单词 | undo |
释义 | undo (once / 880 pages) v WORD FAMILY undo: undid, undoable, undoer, undoing+/undoer: undoers/undoing: undoings USAGE EXAMPLESShe says undoing the law also will undermine Medicaid and Medicare. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) During his campaign for the White House, Trump pledged to undo many of Obama's signature policy measures, including his healthcare law. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) “The Undoing Project,” Michael’s new bestseller, explores the childhoods of Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky to provide insights into their work. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1v cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect I wish I could undo my actions Hypo|Hyper unbrace, unlace, untie undo the ties of unstrapremove the strap or straps from unhitchunfasten or release from or as if from a hitch unpickundo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing) unfastencause to become undone unbeltundo the belt of unstapletake the staples off unclipremove the clip from unbuttonundo the buttons of unpinremove the pins from; unfasten the pins of disconnect, unplugpull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable unbraidundo the braids of unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untanglebecome or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of disentangle, unwindseparate the tangles of unbuckleundo the buckle of open, spread, spread out, unfoldspread out or open from a closed or folded state unwireundo the wiring of unloose, unloosenloosen the ties of unchainremove the chains from unlashuntie the lashing of unzipopen the zipper of unbendunfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay roll out, straightenstraighten by unrolling unyokeremove the yoke from unharnessremove the harness from uncoilunwind or untwist divaricatespread apart exfoliatespread by opening the leaves of grassspread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach butterflycut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking uncrosschange from a crossed to an uncrossed position splayspread open or apart change by reversal, reverse, turn change to the contrary 2v cause to become loose undo the shoelace Syn|Hyper loosen, untie alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v remove the outer cover or wrapping of undo the parcel Syn|Ant|Hyper unwrap wrap, wrap up arrange or fold as a cover or protection expose, uncover remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body 4v cause the ruin or downfall of A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign Hyper ruin destroy or cause to fail 5v deprive of certain characteristics Syn|Ant|Hypo unmake do, make create or design, often in a certain way destroy, destruct do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of killdestroy a vitally essential quality of or in do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid ofterminate, end, or take out self-destroy, self-destructdo away with oneself or itself destructdestroy (one's own missile or rocket) endput an end to fractureinterrupt, break, or destroy sweep away, wipe outeliminate completely and without a trace interdictdestroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication demolish, pulverise, pulverizedestroy completely break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take aparttake apart into its constituent pieces dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear downtear down so as to make flat with the ground eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uprootdestroy completely, as if down to the roots dilapidatebring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse demyelinatedestroy the myelin sheath of |
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