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- Dictionaryun·bolt/ˌənˈbōlt/
verb
- 1. open (a door or window) by drawing back a bolt: "he ran down the stairs and unbolted the heavy wooden door"
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: to open or unfasten by withdrawing a bolt. Examples of unbolt in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Cooper reviewed security camera video from outside and inside his building and found that the deputies had made entry through the mail slot, reaching up to unbolt two locks to open the door.
When you unbolt something, you unfasten its lock. Unbolt the gate so I can put my bike away! When you open the particular type of lock called a bolt, you unbolt it. Turn a key or latch in your front door to slide the bolt closed, and you bolt the door. Slide it open, and you unbolt it.
1. to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten. 2. to release, as by the removal of threaded bolts. He unscrewed the nuts and unbolted the inspection cover. intransitive verb. 3. to become unbolted or unfastened. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
1. to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock. 2. to unfasten, as by the removal of threaded bolts. v.i. 3. to become unbolted. [1425–75] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. unbolt. Past participle: unbolted.
Unbolt definition: to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.. See examples of UNBOLT used in a sentence.
Synonyms for UNBOLT: unfasten, unlatch, unlock, unclasp, unbar, open, unbutton, unzip; Antonyms of UNBOLT: shut, close, lock, fasten, bar, bolt, latch, button (up)
Unbolt definition: To release the bolts of (a door, for example); unlock.
1. to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten. 2. to release, as by the removal of threaded bolts. He unscrewed the nuts and unbolted the inspection cover. intransitive verb. 3. to become unbolted or unfastened. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
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