UNMAKE (unmade)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: unmade   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmake mean? 

• UNMAKE (verb)
  The verb UNMAKE has 1 sense:

1. deprive of certain characteristics

  Familiarity information: UNMAKE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMAKE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unmake    ... he / she / it unmakes   
Past simple: unmaked   
Past participle: unmaked   
-ing form: unmaking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deprive of certain characteristics

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

undo; unmake

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unmake"):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

make (create or design, often in a certain way)

 Context examples 

It was a close and stifling little shop; full of all sorts of clothing, made and unmade, including one window full of beaver-hats and bonnets.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)