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un·lock (-läk′)

transitive verb

    1. to open (a lock)
    2. to open the lock of (a door, chest, etc.)
  2. to let loose as if by opening a lock; release to unlock a torrent of grief
  3. to cause to separate; part to unlock clenched jaws
  4. to lay open; reveal to unlock a secret

intransitive verb

to become unlocked

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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