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# unbar

verb (unbar, unbars, unbarred, unbarring)

«unbar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To unbar a door is to lift the bar, the heavy bolt across it, so that it can open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbar/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales and old houses a door is locked with a bar; a hero unbars it to let someone in or out; the opposite of bar

### Examples

- Peter will not unbar the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbar/#x1)
- The guard unbars the gate and lets the cart through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbar/#x2)
- Please unbar the back door so we can go out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbar/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unbar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unbar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unbar.html) on Mova free.