Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To untie or unfasten, as wrappings or bindings.
  • transitive verb To release from restraints or bonds; free.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To release from bands or restraint, as the hands or feet of a prisoner; free.
  • To unfasten, as a band or tie.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to untie; to unfasten; to loose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To take bindings off.
  • verb figuratively To set free from a debt, contract or promise.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb untie or unfasten

Etymologies

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un- + bind

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  • The good that men do is small in amount compared with what men and women bear locked in their hearts . . . to unbind what is bound, to bring the underground waters to the surface, humanity is waiting and longing.

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  • My domain is the outer reaches: come with me to unbind yourself from the fetters of this world.

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  • With all the stuff with Nick being killed, there was no, 'Maybe we should unbind the circle or maybe we shouldn't continue this.'

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  • We have to find the artist and make him unbind it.

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  • These measures could unbind U.S. diplomacy to wheel and deal as needed in Western Asia.

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  • We have to find the artist and make him unbind it so Johnny can change at will without so much effort.

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  • And I fear we are in the age of the cheesy biopic, especially as music and manuscript publishing companies in need of whole new revenue streams, flagship enterprises, business models, unbind their vast inventories to develop projects.

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