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unbind

/ʌnˈbaɪnd/

unbind verb: to take bindings off.

Verb

unbind (third-person singular simple present unbinds, present participle unbinding, simple past unbound, past participle unbound or (rare) unbounden)

  1. (transitive) To take bindings off.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To set free from a debt, contract or promise.
  3. (transitive) To disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding.
    • Unbinds the specified key from a command2013, Douglas Chick, Minecraft Secrets Book Cheat Codes, page 23

unbind meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

unbind in Tamil

அவிழ்

unbind in Urdu

آزاد کرنا, ڈھیلا کر دینا, رہا کرنا

unbind in Malayalam

unchain, untie, unfetter
അഴിക്കുക, കെട്ടഴിക്കുക, അഴിച്ചിടുക, കെട്ടു വിടുവിക്കുക, വിലങ്ങഴിക്കുക, വിലങ്ങുമാറ്റുക

Forms of unbind

third-person singular presentunbinds
present participleunbinding
pastunbound
past participleunbound
past participle (rare)unbounden

Past tense of unbind: unbound

Origin of unbind

From Middle English unbinden, from Old English unbindan, onbindan (“to unbind; untie”), from Proto-West Germanic *andabindan, from Proto-Germanic *andabindaną, equivalent to un- + bind. Cognate with Dutch ontbinden, German entbinden, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (andbindan).

Words formed from unbind

Words that rhyme with unbind

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Questions about unbind

What does unbind mean?
Unbind means to take bindings off.
What is unbind in Tamil?
Unbind in Tamil is அவிழ். See Unbind meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unbind?
Unbind is a verb.
How do you pronounce unbind?
Unbind is pronounced /ʌnˈbaɪnd/.
What is the past tense of unbind?
The past tense of unbind is unbound.

Words near unbind in the dictionary

  1. unbillet
  2. unbilleted
  3. unbilleting
  4. unbillets
  5. unbin
  6. unbind
  7. unbindable
  8. unbinded
  9. unbinder
  10. unbinders
  11. unbinding

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unbind (page history and authors); unbind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unbind (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unbind (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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