0 present participle of unlock
1 to open something, especially a door that is locked (= fastened with a lock) using a key or an electronic device:
You need to know the secret PIN to unlock your mobile phone upon power up.
Once your phone is unlocked, you can buy and change SIM cards as you travel.
A chemical has been discovered that may be the key to unlocking the mysteries of Parkinson's disease.
One of poetry's functions is to unlock the imagination.
Having my car stolen really taught me a lesson - I'll never leave it unlocked again.
Leaving your house unlocked is an open invitation to burglars.
All joints need to be lifted in a vertical direction where joints 2 and 3 need an extra motion to activate their unlocking mechanisms.
The advances in genome sequencing over the past two decades now make it possible to consider 'unlocking the malaria genome'.
Pharmacogenomics : unlocking the human genome for better drug therapy.
It is seen that unlocking and resonance are both twice as delayed as in the case of the larger group velocity.
Considered from the viewpoint of the mechanical philosopher, the physical process of locking (or unlocking) involved two material bodies, a lock and a key.
Unlocking organizational potential: a computational platform for investigating structural interdependence in design.
