Unlatch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To unfasten or open by releasing the latch.
  • verb-intransitive. To become unfastened or opened.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Remove from a latch
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To open or loose by lifting the latch.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To open or loose, as a door, by lifting the latch; also, to loose the latchet of: as, to unlatch a shoe.
  • To become open or loose through the lifting of a latch.
    • Word Usage
    "I was fingering a vast array of multicolored, multipurpose, neat and folded undergarments, in ever-towering fascination; and I heard the door unlatch, precipitously, smoothly along its well-oiled carvings."
    Verb Form
    unlatched    unlatches    unlatching   
    Form
    unlatched    unlatching   
     
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