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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解開 (cmn), 解开 (cmn) (jiěkāi)

• Czech: rozvázat (cs)
• Dutch: losknopen (nl), losmaken (nl)
• Finnish: avata (fi)
• French: détacher (fr)
• German: losbinden (de)
• Greek: λύνω (el) (lýno), ξεδένω (el) (xedéno)

• Irish: scaoil (ga)
• Italian: disfare (it), sciogliere (it)
• Japanese: 解く (ja) (ほどく, hodoku)
• Maori: wete (mi), wetewete (mi), tākiri (mi)
• Romanian: desface (ro), dezlega (ro)
• Russian: развязывать (ru) (razvjázyvatʹ) impf., развязать (ru) (razvjazátʹ) pf.
• Spanish: desatar (es), desamarrar (es)
• Turkish: çözmek (tr)

to free from fastening or from restraint

• Czech: odvázat (cs)
• Dutch: losmaken (nl)
• Finnish: irrottaa (fi)
• French: détacher (fr)
• German: losmachen (de)
• Greek: λύνω (el) (lýno), ξεδένω (el) (xedéno), ελευθερώνω (el) (eleftheróno)

• Irish: scaoil (ga)
• Italian: disfare (it)
• Maori: whakamatora (mi)
• Russian: отвязывать (ru) (otvjázyvatʹ) impf., отвязать (ru) (otvjazátʹ) pf.
• Spanish: soltar (es)
• Turkish: çözmek (tr)

to resolve

• Dutch: ontrafelen (nl), oplossen (nl), ontwarren (nl)
• Finnish: ratkaista (fi)
• German: aufklären (de), auflösen (de), beschließen (de), beseitigen (de), lösen (de)
• Greek: λύνω (el) (lýno)

• Russian: решать (ru) (rešátʹ) impf., решить (ru) (rešítʹ) pf.
• Spanish: desatar (es)
• Turkish: çözmek (tr)

to become untied or loosed

• Dutch: loskomen (nl)
• Finnish: avautua (fi)
• French: détacher (fr)
• German: sich lösen (de)
• Greek: λύνομαι (el) (lýnomai)

• Italian: sciogliersi (it)
• Russian: развязываться (ru) (razvjázyvatʹsja) impf., развязаться (ru) (razvjazátʹsja) pf.
• Spanish: desatarse (es)
• Turkish: çözülmek (tr)

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• Dutch: ontrafelen

Anagrams

• unite