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View synonyms for unbind

unbind

[ uhn-bahynd ]

verb (used with object)

, un·bound, un·bind·ing.
  1. to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
  2. to unfasten or loose, as a bond or tie.


unbind

/ ʌnˈbaɪnd /

verb

  1. to set free from restraining bonds or chains; release
  2. to unfasten or make loose (a bond, tie, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unbind1

before 950; Middle English unbinden, Old English unbindan; cognate with German entbinden. See un- 2, bind
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Example Sentences

It can involve proteins chewing through chemical fuels and binding and unbinding from each other.

Socialism wants to unbind the souls of men, setting them free for the highest and best that is in them.

She never relaxed her efforts to break the lovers' hold upon each other's arms, to unbind them, to uncouple them.

Seeing this, Moll bade the fellows unbind him, telling them sharply they might see there was no need of such rigour.

Then Odysseus tried to make his men unbind him, but Eurylochus and another bound him yet more tightly to the mast.

He gave the order to unbind the prisoners, and went himself to unfasten the cords that held Clara in her chair.

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