Antonyms for unbound

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-bound

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈbaʊnd

Definition of unbound

Origin : Old English unbindan, "to free from binding," from un- (2) + bind (v.). Cf. German entbinden, Dutch ontbinden. Literal and figurative senses both present in Old English.
Suæ huæt ðu unbindes ofer eorðu bið unbunden in heofnum. [Lindisfarne Gospels, Matt. xvi:19]
Unbound is from Old English unbunden, in literal sense. Figurative sense first attested late 14c.; of books from 1540s.

verb undo

Example sentences :

He unbound his crimson silk cloth and whisked it about in the water to wash it.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

She unbound and bound him in sections, as it were; he watching her with a morose smile.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

Her glowing copper hair, all unbound, fell about her shoulders like a mantle.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

My unbound books, and all my tracts and pamphlets, are to be tied up with pink tape.
Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce

They unbound him and took him with them in their wanderings for three years.
Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut

Mayall was unbound—his mind became calm, his resolution was formed.
Extract from : « The Forest King » by Hervey Keyes

She sat up, dry-eyed, unbound her hair, flung from her the crumpled neglige.
Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers

Her hair, all unbound, fell around her in shifting masses like smoke.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

"Very well, see you do it," and he unbound and let the bear go.
Extract from : « The Book of Stories for the Storyteller » by Fanny E. Coe

All the mass of her hair was unbound, and fell in a cloud about her to the waist.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

Synonyms for unbound

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