'Untie' definitions:
Definition of 'untie'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Untie'
From: GCIDE
- Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i. To become untied or loosed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Untie'
From: GCIDE
- Untie \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt[=y]gan. See 1st Un-, and Tie, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. [1913 Webster]
- Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron chain. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. [1913 Webster]
- Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear. [1913 Webster]
- They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'untie'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- unclasp,
- undo,
- unfasten,
- unfetter,
- ungag,
- unglue,
- unhandcuff,
- unhobble,
- unlace,
- unlash,
- unlatch,
- unleash,
- unlock,
- unloose,
- unloosen,
- unmanacle,
- unmuzzle,
- unpen,
- unpinion,
- unscramble,
- unshackle,
- unstick,
- unstrap,
- untangle,
- untether,
- untruss,
- untwine,
- unyoke,
- weigh anchor