UNBOLTED

unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured

(adjective) not firmly fastened or secured; “an unbarred door”; “went through the unlatched gate into the street”; “an unlocked room”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

unbolted

simple past tense and past participle of unbolt

Adjective

unbolted (not comparable)

Not fastened with a bolt.

Not sifted.

(figuratively, obsolete) Coarse, uncultured, vulgar.

Source: Wiktionary


UNBOLT

Un*bolt", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + bolt.]

Definition: To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. "He shall unbolt the gates." Shak.

Un*bolt", v. i.

Definition: To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation. [Obs.] "I will unbolt to you." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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