unlock
(verb) become unlocked; “The door unlocked from the inside”
unlock
(verb) open the lock of; “unlock the door”
unlock
(verb) set free or release
Source: WordNet® 3.1
unlock (third-person singular simple present unlocks, present participle unlocking, simple past and past participle unlocked)
(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
(transitive) To obtain access to something.
(transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
(intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
(figurative)
unlock (plural unlocks)
The act of unlocking something.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*lock", v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. unl. See 1st Un-, and Lock, v. t.]
1. To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.
2. To open, in general; to lay open; to undo. Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Pope. [Lord] unlock the spell of sin. J. H. Newman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
