UNHOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unhook mean? 

• UNHOOK (verb)
  The verb UNHOOK has 1 sense:

1. take off a hook

  Familiarity information: UNHOOK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNHOOK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unhook    ... he / she / it unhooks   
Past simple: unhooked   
Past participle: unhooked   
-ing form: unhooking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take off a hook

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unhook" is one way to...):

detach (cause to become detached or separated; take off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

hook (fasten with a hook)

 Context examples 

With hands that trembled with eagerness, I unhooked the chains and drew back the massive bolts. But the door would not move. Despair seized me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Unhooking the pressurized carbon dioxide supply from these leaves means that they must have a way to collect and concentrate carbon dioxide from the air to drive their artificial photosynthetic reactions.

(Artificial Leaves Convert CO2 to Fuel 10 Times More Efficient Than Nature, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Clutching the woodwork of the galley for support,—and I confess the grease with which it was scummed put my teeth on edge,—I reached across a hot cooking-range to the offending utensil, unhooked it, and wedged it securely into the coal-box.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

After a pause of a moment, he proceeded, in his stately way, to the door, drew back the ponderous bolts, unhooked the heavy chains, and began to draw it open.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I found I could pull back the bolts easily enough and unhook the great chains; but the door was locked, and the key was gone!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)