UNTIE

untie, unbrace, unlace

(verb) undo the ties of; “They untied the prisoner”

untie, undo, loosen

(verb) cause to become loose; “undo the shoelace”; “untie the knot”; “loosen the necktie”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

untie (third-person singular simple present unties, present participle untying, simple past and past participle untied)

(transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

(intransitive) To become untied or loosed.

(programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

Antonyms

• tie

Anagrams

• unite

Source: Wiktionary


Un*tie", v. t. Etym: [AS. unt. See 1st Un-, and Tie, v. t.]

1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron chain. Waller. Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. Pope.

2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches. Shak. All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness. Jer. Taylor.

3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear. They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. Denham.

Un*tie", v. i.

Definition: To become untied or loosed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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