"unbound" meaning in English

See unbound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈbaʊnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unbound.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unbound (not comparable)
  1. Not bound; not tied up. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not bound or tied up): несвързан (nesvǎrzan) (Bulgarian), свободен (svoboden) (Bulgarian), ungebunden (German), solūtus (Latin), अदिति (aditi) (Sanskrit), obunden (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unbound-en-adj-OsYB1UOk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 41 37 Disambiguation of 'not bound or tied up': 92 5 4
  2. Without a binding. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without a binding): неподвързан (nepodvǎrzan) (Bulgarian), broshita (Ido), nebindita (Ido)
    Sense id: en-unbound-en-adj-a4odlBAQ Disambiguation of 'without a binding': 4 90 7
  3. (nuclear physics, of an atomic nucleus) Lying beyond the proton or neutron drip line; having a negative particle separation energy; capable of decaying by the spontaneous exothermic emission of one or more nucleons. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Nuclear physics
    Sense id: en-unbound-en-adj-pYdYnrV3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 41 37

Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈbaʊnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unbound.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} unbound
  1. simple past and past participle of unbind Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: unbind Derived forms: unbounded Translations (past participle of "to unbind"): ontbonden (Dutch), とじていない (tojiteinai) (Japanese) Translations (simple past of "to unbind"): ontbond [singular] (Dutch), ontbonden [plural] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-unbound-en-verb-epONAmqv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 41 37

Alternative forms

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