Read full poem →Being fittest matter for a wanton wit. 20
Thus I complained, but Love unlocked his quiver,
Took out the shaft, ordained my heart to shiver,
Dictionary Entry
To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
In a Sentence
“I unlocked the door and walked in.”
Origin
Late Middle English, from un- + lock
Common Phrases
. unlockeddoor unlockedunlocked door
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Poetry examples for “unlocked”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →last night if the guard
had left the gate unlocked
I could not have ventured to escape,
Read full poem →To rend and gnash my bonds in twain.[f]
He died--and they unlocked his chain,
And scooped for him a shallow grave[15] 150
Read full poem →Than those whereof such things the Bard relates,
Who to the awe-struck world unlocked Elysium's gates.
Read full poem →so the vomit stains didn’t show very clearly and unlocked the door
and stepped out into the hall.
Read full poem →Mindless of its just honours; with this key
Shakespeare unlocked his heart; the melody
Of this small lute gave ease to Petrarch's wound;