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unloaded | unloader | unloading | unlobed | unlocated | unlock | unlocked | unlodge | unlogical | unlook | unlooked

unlock

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Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
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un=lock

CIDE DICTIONARY

unlockv. t. [Cf. AS. unlcan. See 1st Un-, and Lock, v. t.].
  •  To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.  [1913 Webster]
    "Unlock your springs, and open all your shades."  [1913 Webster]
    "[Lord] unlock the spell of sin."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unlock, v.tr.
1 a release the lock of (a door, box, etc.). b release or disclose by unlocking.
2 release thoughts, feelings, etc., from (one's mind etc.).

THESAURUS

unlock

account for, allegorize, answer, bare, bottom, cast off, clarify, clear, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, demonstrate, demythologize, deobstruct, detach, disclose, disengage, disentangle, divine, do, doff, dope, dope out, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, expose, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, free, get, get right, give reason for, give the meaning, guess, guess right, have it, hit it, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, liberate, loose, loosen, make clear, make out, make plain, manifest, open the lock, patefy, plumb, popularize, psych, psych out, puzzle out, rationalize, ravel, ravel out, release, remove, resolve, reveal, riddle, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, sort out, spell out, take off, throw light upon, unbar, unbind, unblock, unbolt, unbridle, unbuckle, unbutton, uncage, uncase, unchain, unclasp, unclench, unclog, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfasten, unfetter, unfold, unfoul, ungag, unglue, unhandcuff, unhobble, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unloose, unloosen, unmanacle, unmuzzle, unpen, unpinion, unplug, unravel, unriddle, unroll, unscramble, unseal, unshackle, unsheathe, unshut, unstick, unstop, unstrap, untangle, untether, untie, untruss, untwist, unveil, unweave, unwrap, unyoke, weigh anchor, work, work out

ROGET THESAURUS

unlock

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

Discovery

VB discover, find, determine, evolve, learn, fix upon, pick up, find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out, fathom, bring out, draw out, educe, elicit, bring to light, dig out, grub up, fish up, unearth, disinter, solve, resolve, elucidate, unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open, pick up, open the lock, find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle, interpret, disclose, trace, get at, hit it, have it, lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon, spot, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head, be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn, smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat, open the eyes to, see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot, detect, catch, catch tripping, pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon, come across, come onto, meet with, meet up with, fall in with, recognize, realize, verify, make certain of, identify, Int, eureka!, aha!, I've got it!.


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