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un·lock
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]
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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:
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verb (used without object)
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to become unlocked.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
unloken;
see
un-
2
,
lock
1
Related forms
un·lock·a·ble,
adjective
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unlock
(ʌnˈlɒk)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
unlock
c.1400, from
un-
(2) +
lock
(v.). Fig. sense is attested from 1531.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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