Untie

  • 11untie — verb a) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. b) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. Ant: tie …

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  • 12untie — verb Untie is used with these nouns as the object: ↑boat, ↑cord, ↑knot, ↑ribbon, ↑rope, ↑shoe, ↑shoelace, ↑string …

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  • 13untie — verb untie the team of horses Syn: undo, unknot, unbind, unfasten, unlace, untether, unhitch, unmoor; (turn) loose, (set) free, release, let go, unshackle …

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  • 14untie — [c]/ʌnˈtaɪ / (say un tuy) verb (untied, untying) –verb (t) 1. to loosen 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 or as from bonds or… …

  • 15untie — /un tuy /, v., untied, untying. v.t. 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; unknot. 4. to free from restraint. 5. to resolve, as… …

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  • 16untie — Synonyms and related words: cast off, detach, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, doff, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, remove, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbridle, unbuckle, unbutton, uncage, unchain,… …

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  • 17untie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. loosen, free, unbind, unknot. See liberation, disjunction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. unlace, unknot, loosen, unfasten; see unhitch . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. unfasten, loosen, free, undo,… …

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  • 18untie — un|tie [ʌnˈtaı] v past tense and past participle untied present participle untying [T] to take the knots out of something, or unfasten something that has been tied ▪ Peter untied his shoelaces …

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  • 19untie — v. n. == become untied [untuen]. Wright’s L. P. p. 101 …

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  • 20untie — v. remove, release, loosen …

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