Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
UNTIED
unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied
(adjective) not bound by shackles and chains
unlaced, untied
(adjective) with laces not tied; āteenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakersā
untied, unfastened
(adjective) not tied
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
untied (not comparable)
Not tied; undone
Etymology 2
Verb
untied
simple past tense and past participle of untie
Anagrams
• United, dunite, unedit, united
Source: Wiktionary
UNTIE
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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