unlock
- to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- to open or release by or as if by undoing a lock.
- to open (anything firmly closed or joined): to unlock the jaws.
- to lay open; disclose: to unlock the secrets of one's heart.
- to become unlocked.
Origin of unlock
Related Words for unlock
decipher, unravel, undo, unseal, jimmy, pop, unbutton, free, crack, release, liberate, unfasten, uncork, unhook, unbolt, unlatchExamples from the Web for unlock
Contemporary Examples of unlock
Green-Wood has its own catacombs, which grounds keepers will unlock for tour groups.
With my back turned, he entered the combination to unlock the door, which was fortified by more than a foot of reinforced steel.
Best recalls a grieving father confiding that a visit let him unlock the emotional door trapping his family in grief.
But there was never an easy way for the company to unlock that value, or for investors to understand precisely how much Yahoo!
Yahoo! Poised to Cash In on Initial Public Offering of China E-Commerce Giant AlibabaWilliam O’Connor
September 26, 2013
Did you know it is now illegal to unlock a cell phone that you have purchased from your wireless carrier?
Historical Examples of unlock
One thing is plain, you must either go to them, or unlock the cellar-door.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
"And that bear of a Ketch won't hurry himself to unlock them," soliloquized he.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
It was the dark chamber of her heart which God only could unlock.
The ManxmanHall Caine
When you have felled him, get it and unlock the door; then whistle for me.
St. Martin's SummerRafael Sabatini
He soon heard her unlock the door, and in a moment he ran into her arms.
The Fairchild FamilyMary Martha Sherwood
unlock
- (tr) to unfasten (a lock, door, etc)
- (tr) to open, release, or let loose
- (tr) to disclose or provide the key tounlock a puzzle
- (intr) to become unlocked