- to open (a lock)
- to open the lock of (a door, chest, etc.)
- to let loose as if by opening a lock; release: to unlock a torrent of grief
- to cause to separate; part: to unlock clenched jaws
- to lay open; reveal: to unlock a secret
to become unlocked
unlock
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unlock
verb
un·locked, un·lock·ing, un·locksverb
transitive- a. To undo (a lock) by turning a key or corresponding part.b. To undo the lock of.
- To give access to; open.
- To set free; release: The news unlocked a torrent of emotion.
- To provide a key to; disclose or reveal: unlock a mystery.
verb
intransitiveTo become unfastened, loosened, or freed from something that restrains.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present unlocks, present participle unlocking, simple past and past participle unlocked)
- To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- I unlocked the door and walked in.
- To obtain access to something.
- I unlocked the dictionary article so it could be edited.
- This computer game is shareware, but you can pay for a code to unlock the full version.
- To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
- The discovery of a clue unlocked the mystery.
- (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
- The safe was already unlocked.
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Sentence Examples
- He slid his thumb across the screen to unlock it.
- I can now tell her to go upstairs or down, out of doors or into the house, lock or unlock a door, take or bring objects, sit, stand, walk, run, lie, creep, roll, or climb.
- She'd learned how to lock and unlock the doors and entered the conference room, locking it.
- Her hands fumbled with the keys three times before she managed to unlock the door.
- I can unlock them remotely, and you can send her in for supplies.
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