unlock
Use Unlock in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
2.
to open or release by or as if by undoing a lock.
3.
to open (anything firmly closed or joined): to unlock the jaws.
4.
to lay open; disclose: to unlock the secrets of one's heart.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become unlocked.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to unfasten (a lock, door, etc) |
| 2. | (tr) to open, release, or let loose |
| 3. | (tr) to disclose or provide the key to: unlock a puzzle |
| 4. | (intr) to become unlocked |
| un'lockable | |
| —adj | |
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