to unbolt

Examples

• All

• Unbolt the wagon door.

  The Homesman (2014)

• One of the guards goes and unbolts the door.

  Fiction book (1996)

• So I need to unbolt this and get this fitted on there.

• Reaching inside, he unbolted the door and turned the knob.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Tansy, when she came downstairs, assumed that she herself had left the door unbolted.

  Fiction book (1993)

• With great effort, she unbolts the coupling bracket.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Andrew nodded to the doctor, who went over and unbolted the latch.

  Fiction book (1990)

• But she unbolted the door and let him in, nervously tucking stray wisps of hair under her cap.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Rimney staggers to the door, unbolts it, and stands looking out.

• Go down the back stairs, unbolt the side passage door.

Synonyms

U

to unscrew

vsto unbolt

20 3.0

Turn something so a lid or other fastened part comes off

is about removing a sliding lock rather than using a turning action

U

to unlatch

vsto unbolt

7 3.2

Open something by lifting or releasing a small catch that holds it closed

is about undoing a catch rather than removing a sliding lock

U

to unfasten

vsto unbolt

5 3.4

To open something by undoing a button or zipper

is narrower used for removing a sliding lock instead of any fastener

U

to unbar

vsto unbolt

7.4

To remove a bar or bolt from a door so it can open

is specific to taking out a sliding rod rather than any fastening

Antonyms

B

to bolt

34 2.8

To fasten a door or gate with a sliding metal bar

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology