uncloses
uncloses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unclose.
Meaning of unclose
Verb
unclose (third-person singular simple present uncloses, present participle unclosing, simple past and past participle unclosed)
- To open; to unclench.
- They measured it to some considerable length—another door presented itself to the searching hand of Carlstadt the Baron, but resisted the repeated efforts made to unclose it.1807, [Miss Guion], chapter I, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC...
- To disclose (something secret or hidden).
- Loue in what ere hee doth, doth not diſguiſe his face, / His harte lyes on his toung, vnſeen hee neuer goes, / Hee weares no Giges ring, hee is not one of thoſe, / Hee doth vncloſe his thoghts, to gayn vnfayned grace[.]1608, Otho Venius, translated by R[ichard] V[erstegan], “Loue Requyres Sinceritie”, in Amorum Emblemata, Figuris Æneis Incisa Studio Othonis Væni Bataou-Lugdunensis. Emblemes of Loue. […], Antwerp...
- To undo the act of closing; to restore (something closed).
- to unclose a window
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