untie

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

untie (third-person singular simple present unties, present participle untying or untieing, simple past and past participle untied)

1. (transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
2. (transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
4. (intransitive) To become untied or loosed.

Antonyms

• tie

Translations

to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted

Czech: rozvázat (cs) Dutch: losknopen (nl), losmaken (nl) Finnish: avata (fi) French: détacher (fr)

German: losbinden (de) Italian: disfare (it), sciogliere (it) Romanian: desface (ro), dezlega (ro) Spanish: desatar (es), desamarrar (es)

to free from fastening or from restraint

Dutch: losmaken (nl) Finnish: irrottaa (fi) French: détacher (fr)

German: losmachen (de) Italian: disfare (it) Spanish: soltar (es)

to resolve

Dutch: ontrafelen (nl), oplossen (nl), ontwarren (nl) Finnish: ratkaista (fi)

Spanish: desatar (es)

to become untied or loosed

Dutch: loskomen (nl) Finnish: avautua (fi) French: détacher (fr)

German: sich lösen (de) Italian: sciogliersi (it) Spanish: desatarse (es)

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Dutch: ontrafelen

Anagrams

• unite