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Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-lok

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈlɒk

Definition of unlock

Origin : c.1400, from un- (2) + lock (v.). Figurative sense is attested from 1530s. Related: Unlocked; unlocking.

verb open; solve

Example sentences :

One thing is plain, you must either go to them, or unlock the cellar-door.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

"And that bear of a Ketch won't hurry himself to unlock them," soliloquized he.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

It was the dark chamber of her heart which God only could unlock.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

When you have felled him, get it and unlock the door; then whistle for me.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

He soon heard her unlock the door, and in a moment he ran into her arms.
Extract from : « The Fairchild Family » by Mary Martha Sherwood

I heard her unlock her bedroom door before she entered—an odd thing to do.
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various

I never can get in when I want to, but Neal can get in, and he'll unlock it for you.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

You had better see if you have a key that will unlock his trunk.
Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.

He still had a house and could unlock its door without its meaning anything.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

Any article or relic may serve as a key to unlock the chamber of this hidden camera.
Extract from : « Real Ghost Stories » by William T. Stead

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