The meaning of UNTIE is to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains : unbind. How to use untie in a sentence.

If you untie something that is tied to another thing, or if you untie two things that are tied together, you remove the string or rope that holds them.

I asked the other woman to please try to untie me. From NPR The father had thought that since no one could untie her to use a bathroom, it would prevent her from wetting her clothes.

The tying of aid limits the choices of the recipient country; the untying of aid removes important and costly restrictions. This is a scheme to untie and rationalise a highly irrational process. …

to undo the string or cords of. to undo, as a cord or a knot; unknot. to free from restraint. to resolve, as perplexities. untied, untying. to become untied. before 1000; Middle English …

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. I quickly untied the package and peeped inside. He untied the rope and pushed the boat into the …

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. 4. to free from restraint. 5. to resolve, as perplexities. 6. to become untied.

Untie definition: To undo or loosen (a knot or something knotted).

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UNTIE definition: to open a knot or something that has been tied with a knot: . Learn more.