Unbolt
[ʌn'bəʊlt] or [ʌn'bolt]
Definition
(v. t.) To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.
(v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.
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Definition
v.t. to remove a bolt from: to open.—v.i. to disclose.—adj. Unbolt′ed not fastened by bolts: not separated by bolting or sifting: coarse.
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Examples
- There was a good deal of unchaining and unbolting, and the door was slowly opened. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He therefore commenced proceedings by putting his arm over the half-door of the bar, coolly unbolting it, and leisurely walking in. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was a door in the kitchen, communicating with the forge; I unlocked and unbolted that door, and got a file from among Joe's tools. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He stood up--she unbolted the back door, and looked out. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The hermit speedily unbolted his portal, and admitted Locksley, with his two companions. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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