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- Dictionaryuntied/ʌnˈtʌɪd/
adjective
- 1. not fastened or knotted: "a Chinese vases was smashed when a museum visitor tripped over his untied shoe"
- 2. (of an international loan or aid) not given subject to the condition that it should be used for purchases from the donor country: "untied German credits to the Soviet Union"
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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.
Untie definition: to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.. See examples of UNTIE used in a sentence.
1. : to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains : unbind. untied our hands. 2. a. : to disengage the knotted parts of. untie a shoe. b. : disentangle, resolve. untie a traffic jam. intransitive verb. : to become loosened or unbound. Synonyms. unbind. undo. unfasten. unlash. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Anything that's untied is freed, loosened, or unfastened from something that was restricting it. Is your shoelace untied? You may want to lace it so you don't trip.
v. un·tied, un·ty·ing (ŭn-tī′ĭng), un·ties. v.tr. 1. To undo or loosen (a knot or something knotted). 2. To free from something that binds or restrains: untie a horse from a tree. 3. To straighten out (difficulties, for example); resolve. v.intr.
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.
to unfasten or free (a knot or something that is tied) or (of a knot or something that is tied) to become unfastened. 2. (transitive) to free from constraint or restriction. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
verb. /ʌnˈtaɪ/ 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. He untied the rope and pushed the boat into the water. She untied his hands and let him go.
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.
verb. /ʌnˈtaɪ/. untie something Verb Forms. to undo a knot in something; to undo something that is tied to untie a knot I quickly untied the package and peeped inside. He untied the rope and pushed the boat into the water. She untied his hands and let him go.
