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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNTI'E, v.t.
1. To loosen, as a knot; to disengage the parts that form a knot. Untie the knot.
2. To unbind; to free from any fastening; as, to untie an iron chain.
3. To loosen from coils or convolution; as snakes untied.
4. To loose; to separate something attached; as, to untie the tongue.
5. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: untie, unbrace, unlace] [ant: bind, tie]
2: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" [syn: untie, undo, loosen]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-tied; -tying or -tieing) Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains ; unbind <untied our hands> 2. a. to disengage the knotted parts of <untie a shoe> b. disentangle, resolve <untie a traffic jam> intransitive verb to become loosened or unbound

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (pres. part. untying) 1 undo (a knot etc.). 2 unfasten the cords etc. of (a package etc.). 3 release from bonds or attachment. Etymology: OE untigan (as UN-(2), TIE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Untie Un*tie", v. i. To become untied or loosed.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unties, untying, untied) 1. 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 or that has been tied round them. Nicholas untied the boat from her mooring... Just untie my hands. VERB: V n, V n 2. If you untie something such as string or rope, you undo it so that there is no knot or so that it is no longer tying something. She hurriedly untied the ropes binding her ankles... Then she untied her silk scarf. VERB: V n, V n 3. When you untie your shoelaces or your shoes, you loosen or undo the laces of your shoes. She untied the laces on one of her sneakers... Your boot lace is untied. = undo VERB: V n, V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Loose, loosen, unfasten, unbind, unloose. 2. Let loose, unbind. 3. Resolve, solve, clear, unfold.

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