"unsnib" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: unsnibs [present, singular, third-person], unsnibbing [participle, present], unsnibbed [participle, past], unsnibbed [past]
Etymology: From un- + snib. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|snib}} un- + snib Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} unsnib (third-person singular simple present unsnibs, present participle unsnibbing, simple past and past participle unsnibbed)
  1. to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened. Synonyms: unbolt, unlatch, unfasten

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "snib"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + snib",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + snib.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unsnibs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsnibbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsnibbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsnibbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Part 2, at page 262 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)",
          "text": "Catherine unsnibbed the [toilet] door and came out. She smiled bravely and went to wash her hands."
        },
        {
          "text": "Somehow she managed to unsnib the window and escape."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 4:",
          "text": "She unsnibs the window — the metal catches already hot between finger and thumb — and hauls the juddering sach upwards.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened."
      ],
      "id": "en-unsnib-en-verb-QZE41KT6",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unbolt"
        },
        {
          "word": "unlatch"
        },
        {
          "word": "unfasten"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unsnib"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "snib"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + snib",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + snib.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unsnibs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsnibbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsnibbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unsnibbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English terms prefixed with un-",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Part 2, at page 262 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)",
          "text": "Catherine unsnibbed the [toilet] door and came out. She smiled bravely and went to wash her hands."
        },
        {
          "text": "Somehow she managed to unsnib the window and escape."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 4:",
          "text": "She unsnibs the window — the metal catches already hot between finger and thumb — and hauls the juddering sach upwards.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unbolt"
    },
    {
      "word": "unlatch"
    },
    {
      "word": "unfasten"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unsnib"
}

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