Untie

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪ

Origin

un- + tie

Full definition of untie

Verb

1. (transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.to untie a knot
• WallerSacharissa's captive fain
  Would untie his iron chain.
2. (transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
• ShakespeareThough you untie the winds, and let them fight
  Against the churches.
• Jeremy TaylorAll the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness.
3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
• DenhamThey quicken sloth, perplexities untie.
4. (intransitive) To become untied or loosed.

Antonyms

• tie

Anagrams

• unite