Crossword clues for unlock
unlock
- Release a Parisian philosopher, guillotine finally spared
- Use a key
- Open an achievement, e.g
- Get the right combination to
- Utilize the right combination
- Turn a key in the front door
- Open with a combination
- Key a knob to the left, perhaps
- Have the right combination?
- Access, as a video game achievement
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unlock \Un*lock"\, v. t. [Cf. AS. unl?can. See 1st Un-, and Lock, v. t.]
To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination. 2 (context transitive English) To obtain access to something.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Unlock - for people with convictions, commonly referred to as Unlock, is an independent United Kingdom-based charity, established in 2000 to campaign for the equality of reformed offenders. Unlock describes its vision as “A fair and inclusive society where people with convictions can move on positively in their lives.
Unlock may refer to:
- Unlock (charity), a British charity
- To undo a Lock (security device)
- Unlock Democracy, a United Kingdom pressure group
- Unlock the Gates, a 1973 rock music album by Gypsy
Unlocked or unlocking may refer to:
- Unlocked (Verbs album), 2003
- Unlocked (Alexandra Stan album), 2014
- Unlocked (Meisa Kuroki album), 2012
- Phone unlocking, the removal of a SIM lock on a mobile phone
- Unlocking the Mystery of Life, a 2002 intelligent design documentary film
- Unlocking the Past, a 2007 hard rock/heavy metal music album by Jorn
- Police Files: Unlocked, a 2006–2008 Australian police documentary television series
- iOS jailbreaking, removing the limitations imposed by Apple, Inc. on iOS devices
- Android rooting, allowing users of Android devices to obtain root access within Android's subsystem (similar to iOS jailbreaking)
Unlockable may refer to:
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Unlockable (gaming), content that is available in video games but not accessible unless something is performed by the user to access to it
- Unlockable character, characters that can be unlocked in a video game
- Unlockable games, full video games that can be unlocked within another video game, often as easter eggs
Usage examples of "unlock".
But viewed in the light of apperception, acquired knowledge should be retained and used, for it unlocks the door to more knowledge.
Ross stowed his share of the dynamite more cautiously, unlocked the brakes, put the bulldozer in gear, and backed across the square.
I pointed with the toe of my shoe, and they stopped, stared for a moment, then Mannie pulled the key from his pocket and unlocked the door to my reception room.
Originals know codes that the Multifold can use to unlock its own powers.
I unlocked the door on a delirious Folly and an awful muttony smell of scorched lamb.
She flitted around in front of a service access door that proved to be unlocked and that led down to a similar door that opened onto a darkened section of the Pedway that looked as though it had been under construction but was abandoned when the building had shut down.
The gate proved to be unlocked, and we went down the tunnel, into a damper section of tunnels, rife with the smell of mold, that was clearly not a part of the Pedway proper.
And then the little cavalcade, Maria on Periwinkle, with Wrolf and Wiggins one on each side of her, trotted gaily out of the stableyard, through the garden and out through the unlocked door under the archway into the park.
Unlikely that Jimmy would accidently twist the ring, but Chase locked in the third twist because a three-motion seal was phat impossible to unlock by accident and because, by God, you did the job right or not at all.
He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge.
Hal whispered to Prew as they all stood on the little landing looking across into the dark bulk of the banyan, while he unlocked the door.
We then found ourselves in a small room, and I discovered a key on a table, which I tried on a door opposite to us, which, however, proved to be unlocked.
She unlocked her front door, tossed her keys into their bowl, slid her cell phone into the recharger, then all but skipped into the living room.
Gaunt had made him privy to the unlocked data back on the Absalom, and Mkoll had studied and restudied the schematics carefully.
Taking the keys, Sarge crossed the hall and unlocked another door, turning on lights beyond it.