to unhinge

Examples

• All

• I don't want to see the man have another heart attack, so I order the children to unhinge the car door, which they do easily, their many little hands adept at close work.

  Fiction book (1998)

• - I'm gonna have to unhinge the door.

  A Haunting at Silver Falls (2013)

• So let's just unhinge our jaws and swallow this cow from the head down.

  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

• And we see that she has unhinged her gill knife.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The door rams home on its pistons and the Chief's body unhinges at the waist.

  Fiction book (1990)

• By the time the coaster was halfway up the first incline, I was already sure that the cables would snap, the car's attachments would unhinge, and I, along with fourteen other poor souls, would soon plummet to the grassy fields below.

  Blog text (2)

• To fix the hinges, I need to unhinge the door from its frame.

• The technician will unhinge the panel to access the machinery inside.

• Before painting, you should unhinge the door to make it easier to work with.

Synonyms

P

to pull out

vsto unhinge

523 2.7

To take something out of a place, often with effort

refers to taking an entire door off by detaching its mounts

U

to unhook

vsto unhinge

35 2.5

To take something off where it hangs, like a coat or necklace

means removing an entire door from its fastened mounting points

U

to unscrew

vsto unhinge

20 3.0

Turn something so a lid or other fastened part comes off

focuses on removing an entire door from its mounting points

U

to unfasten

vsto unhinge

5 3.4

To open something by undoing a button or zipper

is specifically about taking a whole door off its mounting connections

U

to unbolt

vsto unhinge

3 3.7

To move a metal bar or lock that keeps a door closed

involves taking a whole door off its fixed attachment points

U

to unpin

vsto unhinge

1 4.1

To take a pin out so something is no longer attached

removes a whole door by detaching its fixed attachment points

U

to unattach

vsto unhinge

1 6.1

To separate something from what it is connected to

specifically means removing an entire door from its fixed mountings

U

to unclamp

vsto unhinge

• Specialized

1 5.1

To loosen or remove a clamp that holds something

describes taking a whole door off by detaching its mounting parts

U

to undrive

vsto unhinge

9.9

To pull out a nail or stake pushed into something

applies to removing a whole door from its fixed connection points

U

to unpeg

vsto unhinge

6.1

To remove a peg that holds something like a tent

involves removing a complete door by undoing its attachment points

How Attached

to secure

347 3.3

to attach

459 2.5

to loosen

88 1.0

to unhinge

1 7.4

to remove

∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology