Untie (Verb)
Meaning 1
Undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She had to untie the stubborn knot before she could remove the package's wrapping paper.
- The usher helped the elderly man untie his shoelaces that had become tangled in the aisle.
- It looked like someone had tried to untie the gordian knot of cables behind the computer.
- Please untie your tie, you're in a casual setting now.
- In the emergency room, the nurse quickly moved to untie the dress strapped tightly around the patient's constricted chest.