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un·bind
[uhn-bahynd] Pronunciation Key
[uhn-bahynd] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -bound, -bind·ing.
| 1. | to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free. |
| 2. | to unfasten or loose, as a bond or tie. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| un·bind
(ŭn-bīnd') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. un·bound (-bound'), un·bind·ing, un·binds
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
unbind
unbind
O.E. unbindan, "to free from binding," from un- (2) + bind. Cf. Ger. entbinden, Du. ontbinden. Lit. and fig. senses both present in O.E.
"Suæ huæt ðu unbindes ofer eorðu bið unbunden in heofnum." [Lindisfarne Gospels, Matt. XVI.19]Unbound is from O.E. unbunden, in lit. sense. Fig. sense first attested 1390; of books from 1541.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| unbind | |
verb | |
| untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman" [ant: bind] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Unbind
Un*bind"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbound; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbinding.] [AS. unbindan. See Un-, and Bind.] To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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