Definitions for untie

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untie un·tie

Spelling: [uhn-tahy]

IPA: /ʌnˈtaɪ/

Untie is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in untie (eintu).

Definitions for untie

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)

1. to become untied.

Origin of untie

before 1000; Middle English untyen, Old English untīegan. See un-², tie

Examples for untie

Lance stooped indifferently to untie his slicker and blanket from the saddle.

Will you promise not to do yourself a mischief, if I untie you?

"If you'll untie my hands, I'll look after him," George said.

If we untie you will you fork it over or do you want me to search you?

We hoped he'd make them untie us and he'd pass it to us and tell us to skip.

"David's harnessin' now," said Mary, beginning to untie her apron.

John hastened to untie the children, who trembled from head to foot.

“I bent over to untie my shoelaces, and I felt an agent pouring cold water on me,” said Adonys, who has filed an asylum request.

You have just seen me untie the knot, dissociate the electrons, or what you will.

Tell your men to untie us, and throw the ropes back into the tent.