unbolt
verb (used with object)
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
unbolts
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present tense formof unbolt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The monk woman unbolts a door, barely big enough for a medium-sized Labrador, and I stoop through.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2017
Some love seats and sofas are built with a frame system that unbolts easily once the dust cover on the bottom is removed, while others are a lot trickier to take apart.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2016
At the door he stops, collects himself, and quietly unbolts the door.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Yet on the third night she actually unbolts it herself and leaving it unbolted puts out her light and goes to bed.
From The Broken Road by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
The fair one, all tearful and dishevelled, unbolts it, and ushers in the minister, who comes followed by the girl's parents and two witnesses, who are in the plot.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Jack Allyn
