undo

Speech parts

1. undo - Noun

2. undo - Adjective

3. undo - Verb

Meaning

To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle.

To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

untie reverse cancel loosen unwrap unmake unbutton ravel scotch wrack sunder unroll free open release

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Antonyms

gar quad garter interlink support convert

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Hypernyms

change turn reverse alter modify expose

Hyponyms

open spread destroy unfold disconnect unravel

Phrases with the word

undo the enrolment of undo a screw undo the plaits

Derivatives

undid undone

Anagrams

Nudo udon

Examples

You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it. Bruce Willis

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo. Arthur Eddington

A princely mind will undo a private family. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

With customs we live well, but laws undo us. English Proverb

A man cannot undo his past. can zebras wipe away their stripes? Namibian Proverb

Not even the lord of light can turn back time, or undo what has been done. Darkovan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

undivulging undizzied UNDM undo a screw undo the enrolment of undo the plaits