Unbar

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar. transitive

    "“No need to unbar gates to thee and me,” said the martlet, as they passed beneath the darkness of that ancient portal, carved with strange devices, and clean through the massy timbers of the bolted gate thickly riveted with silver, into the inner court."

  2. 2
    remove a bar from (a door) wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove an impediment that obstructs the passage of (someone or something). transitive
  4. 4
    To remove a prohibition. transitive

Synonyms

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aidcast offclear the waydetachdisengagedoff

Antonyms

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bar

Example

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"“No need to unbar gates to thee and me,” said the martlet, as they passed beneath the darkness of that ancient portal, carved with strange devices, and clean through the massy timbers of the bolted gate thickly riveted with silver, into the inner court."

Etymology

From Middle English unbarren, equivalent to un- + bar.

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