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ing not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.

To loose from the anchor, as a ship. De Quincey.

To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open. [Obs.] I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion. Norris.

To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).

To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.

To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.

To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser.

To free from the bridle; to set loose.

Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions. "Unbridled boldness." B. Jonson. Lands deluged by unbridled floods. Wordsworth. -- Un*bri"dled*ness, n. Abp. Leighton.

To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.

To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.

To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. Prior.

To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart.

To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] Chapman.

To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.

To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.

To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly. He sheaths his paw, uncurls his angry mane. Dryden.

To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle. Tennyson. Pray you, undo this button. Shak. She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it. Sir W. Scott.