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Dictionary: un·lock   (ŭn-lŏk') pronunciation

v., -locked, -lock·ing, -locks.

v.tr.
    1. To undo (a lock) by turning a key or corresponding part.
    2. To undo the lock of.
  1. To give access to; open.
  2. To set free; release: The news unlocked a torrent of emotion.
  3. To provide a key to; disclose or reveal: unlock a mystery.
v.intr.
To become unfastened, loosened, or freed from something that restrains.


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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: open the lock of
  Antonym: lock (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: set free or release

Meaning #3: become unlocked
  Antonym: lock (meaning #3)


Translations: Unlock
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - låse op, lukke op, åbne
v. intr. - oplåst

Nederlands (Dutch)
van het slot doen (openmaken), (zich) ontsluiten, losmaken/ bevrijden, ontsluieren

Français (French)
v. tr. - dévoiler, ouvrir (avec une clé), (fig) ouvrir (son c¯ur), révéler, libérer (des émotions), résoudre (des mystères)
v. intr. - s'ouvrir

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufschließen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεκλειδώνω

Italiano (Italian)
aprire, rivelare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abrir, desferrolhar

Русский (Russian)
отпирать (ключом), открывать (секрет и пр.), размыкать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abrir, revelar, resolver, desbloquear
v. intr. - abrir (puerta, cajón, etc.) para descubrir lo que está oculto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - låsa upp, öppna, släppa loss

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
开...锁, 显露, 开启, 开着, 解出锁定, 解开

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 開...鎖, 顯露, 開啟
v. intr. - 開著, 解出鎖定, 解開

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 자물쇠를 열다, 누설하다
v. intr. - 자물쇠가 열리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 錠をあける, 開く, 錠があく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) فتح قفل, اباح بالسر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פתח (מנעול)‬
v. intr. - ‮נפתח (מנעול)‬


 
 
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