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
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.
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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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
