UNBIND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: unbound

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they unbind ... he / she / it unbinds

Past simple: unbound

Past participle: unbound

-ing form: unbinding

Sense 1

Meaning:

Untie or unfasten

Example:

unbind the feet of this poor woman

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope)

Credits

Context examples:

The scene-painter was gone, having spoilt only the floor of one room, ruined all the coachman's sponges, and made five of the under-servants idle and dissatisfied; and Sir Thomas was in hopes that another day or two would suffice to wipe away every outward memento of what had been, even to the destruction of every unbound copy of Lovers' Vows in the house, for he was burning all that met his eye.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

This they made me swear to do, and then they unbound me, only fastening one of my legs with a chain, near my bed, and placed a sentry at my door with his piece charged, who was commanded to shoot me dead if I attempted my liberty.