UNCHAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unchain mean? 

• UNCHAIN (verb)
  The verb UNCHAIN has 2 senses:

1. remove the chains from

2. make free

  Familiarity information: UNCHAIN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCHAIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unchain    ... he / she / it unchains   
Past simple: unchained   
Past participle: unchained   
-ing form: unchaining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the chains from

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

unfasten (cause to become undone)

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

chain (fasten or secure with chains)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make free

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen (grant freedom to; free from confinement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

I had unchained an enemy among them whose joy it was to shed their blood and to revel in their groans.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)