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# unlatched

verb (unlatch, unlatches, unlatched, unlatching); the word here is the past form, used as an adjective or past tense

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

## Everyday

To unlatch is to lift the catch or latch of a door or gate so that it opens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlatched/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a character opens a gate or door quickly and runs off

### Examples

- She unlatched the gate and ran into the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlatched/#x1)
- The door was unlatched, so we just walked in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlatched/#x2)
- He unlatched the box and looked inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlatched/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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