Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unbolt
Participle: unbolted
Gerund: unbolting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | unbolt |
| you | unbolt |
| he;she;it | unbolts |
| we | unbolt |
| you | unbolt |
| they | unbolt |
Perfect
| I | have unbolted |
| you | have unbolted |
| he;she;it | has unbolted |
| we | have unbolted |
| you | have unbolted |
| they | have unbolted |
Past
| I | unbolted |
| you | unbolted |
| he;she;it | unbolted |
| we | unbolted |
| you | unbolted |
| they | unbolted |
Pluperfect
| I | had unbolted |
| you | had unbolted |
| he;she;it | had unbolted |
| we | had unbolted |
| you | had unbolted |
| they | had unbolted |
Future
| I | will unbolt |
| you | will unbolt |
| he;she;it | will unbolt |
| we | will unbolt |
| you | will unbolt |
| they | will unbolt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unbolted |
| you | will have unbolted |
| he;she;it | will have unbolted |
| we | will have unbolted |
| you | will have unbolted |
| they | will have unbolted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unbolt |
| you | unbolt |
| he;she;it | unbolt |
| we | unbolt |
| you | unbolt |
| they | unbolt |
Perfect
| I | have unbolted |
| you | have unbolted |
| he;she;it | have unbolted |
| we | have unbolted |
| you | have unbolted |
| they | have unbolted |
Imperfect
| I | unbolted |
| you | unbolted |
| he;she;it | unbolted |
| we | unbolted |
| you | unbolted |
| they | unbolted |
Pluperfect
| I | had unbolted |
| you | had unbolted |
| he;she;it | had unbolted |
| we | had unbolted |
| you | had unbolted |
| they | had unbolted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unbolt |
| you | would unbolt |
| he;she;it | would unbolt |
| we | would unbolt |
| you | would unbolt |
| they | would unbolt |
Perfect
| I | would have unbolted |
| you | would have unbolted |
| he;she;it | would have unbolted |
| we | would have unbolted |
| you | would have unbolted |
| they | would have unbolted |
Imperative
| you | unbolt |
| we | Let's unbolt |
| you | unbolt |
Verbs conjugated like 'unbolt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unbolt'
unbelt,
unbold,
unboot,
uncolt,
bolt,
rebolt,
unabort,
unbale,
unball,
unbeat,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From un- + bolt.
Sample Sentences
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Then, sweet my lord, I’ll call mine uncle down;
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He shall unbolt the gates. [c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:]
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Diesel engines roar, trailer trucks rumble over the streets and an air wrench screams as a worker at the tire repair shop on the corner unbolts a wheel from a sanitation truck. [1985 May 6, Anthony Depalma, “ABOUT REAL ESTATE; TRANSFORMING A WEST VILLAGE WAREHOUSE INTO OFFICES”, in The New York Times:]
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A young orangutan in the San Diego Zoo became famous for unbolting the screening of his crib, removing the wires, and moving through the zoo nursery, unscrewing lightbulbs. [2003 June 7, Edward Tenner, “'Our Own Devices'”, in The New York Times:]
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Then I hid the knife I kept under my pillow, cleaned the dust from my shoes, and carefully unbolted the door. [2006 December 11, Jeffrey Goldberg, “‘Prisoners’”, in The New York Times:]