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UNCHAIN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unchain ... he / she / it unchains
Past simple: unchained
Past participle: unchained
-ing form: unchaining
Sense 1
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
Sense 2
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)
