"unbolt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: unbolts [present, singular, third-person], unbolting [participle, present], unbolted [participle, past], unbolted [past]
Etymology: From un- + bolt. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|bolt|id1=reversive}} un- + bolt Head templates: {{en-verb}} unbolt (third-person singular simple present unbolts, present participle unbolting, simple past and past participle unbolted)
  1. (transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of. Tags: transitive Translations (unlock by undoing bolts): отлоствам (otlostvam) (Bulgarian), déboulonner (French), déverrouiller (French), ανοίγω (anoígo) (Greek), desboltagar (Ido), sbullonare (Italian)

Inflected forms

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