unlatch
verb (used with object)
to unfasten (a door, window shutter, etc.) by lifting the latch.
unlatches
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present tense formof unlatch (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Even without a stage, that is theater: a performance that unlatches the mind.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2021
At that moment, I grabbed the girl around the torso and pulled her away from the cage and it unlatches from her claw.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2019
She unlatches her purse, clutches his slippers, slides them into the dark can, hides them between bags of trash.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2013
She reaches to the edge of the spice shelf and unlatches a small hook I hadn’t noticed.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Dr. Martin unlatches a cage near the back gate.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
