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un⋅tie
[uhn-tahy] 
verb, -tied, -ty⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 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 perplexities. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to become untied. |
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| un·tie (ŭn-tī') v. un·tied, un·ty·ing (ŭn-tī'ĭng), un·ties v. tr.
To become untied. |
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Untie
Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt?gan. 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.Untie
Un*tie"\, v. i. To become untied or loosed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : untie
Spanish:
desatar,
German:
aufknoten,
Japanese:
ほどく
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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