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    untie
    /ʌnˈtʌɪ/

    verb

    • 1. undo or unfasten (something that is tied or tied up): "she knelt to untie her laces"

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  2. The meaning of UNTIE is to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains : unbind. How to use untie in a sentence.

  3. to unfasten a knot or something tied. Synonym. unlace. Opposites. lace something up. tie (FASTEN) Examples. I can't untie the knot - it's too tight. "I just need to get changed ." he said, untying his shoelaces. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  4. Untie definition: to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.. See examples of UNTIE used in a sentence.

  5. to unfasten a knot or something tied. Synonym. unlace. Opposites. lace something up. tie (FASTEN) Examples. I can't untie the knot - it's too tight. "I just need to get changed ." he said, untying his shoelaces. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  6. Verb Forms. untie something to separate the pieces of string, rope, etc. that form a knot in something; to remove the string, rope, etc. from something that is tied. to untie a knot. I quickly untied the package and peeped inside.

  7. 1. to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot. 2. to undo the string or cords of. 3. to undo, as a cord or a knot. 4. to free from restraint. 5. to resolve, as perplexities. v.i. 6. to become untied. [before 1000]

  8. verb. cause to become loose. “ untie the knot”. synonyms: loosen, undo. see more. verb. undo the ties of. “They untied the prisoner”. synonyms: unbrace, unlace.