untie

un·tie

verb \-ˈtī\

un·tiedun·ty·ing or un·tie·ing

Definition of UNTIE

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

Examples of UNTIE

1. He untied the package and opened it.
2. She untied the horse from the post.

First Known Use of UNTIE

before 12th century

Related to UNTIE

Synonyms: unbind, undo, unfasten, unlash

Antonyms: bind, fasten, knot, lash, tie

Related Words: unbraid, unlace; disentangle, ravel, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, unwind; loose, loosen

Near Antonyms: braid, interlace, interweave, lace, wind; entangle, snarl, tangle

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Rhymes with UNTIE

aby, agley, air-dry, Alai, ally, Altai, anti, apply, assai, awry, aye-aye, Bacchae, Baha'i, banzai, barfly, bee fly, Belgae, belie, bigeye, big lie, black eye, blackfly, black tie, blow-dry, blowby, blowfly, blue-sky, Bo Hai, bone-dry, bonsai, botfly, Brunei, buckeye, bugeye, bye-bye, canaille, catchfly, cat's-eye, Chennai, chess pie, Chiang Mai, cockeye, cockshy, come by, comply, cow pie, crane fly, cross-eye, deadeye, decry, deep-fry, deep-sky, deerfly, defy, Delphi, deny, descry, do by, dong quai, drip-dry, drop by, dry eye, dry fly, elhi, Eli, espy, face fly, firefly, fish-eye, flesh fly, flyby, fly high, forby, freeze-dry, frogeye, fruit fly, gadfly, gallfly, get by, GI, glass eye, go by, good-bye, greenfly, grisaille, gun-shy, Haggai, Hawkeye, heel fly, hereby, hi-fi, hog-tie, horn fly, horsefly, housefly, imply, jai alai, July, Karzai, Kasai, knee-high, lanai, Lanai, lay-by, lay by, Lehigh, let fly, Levi, lie by, magpie, mai tai, mao-tai, Masai, mayfly, medfly, mind's eye, Moirai, mooneye, Mumbai, my eye, nearby, necktie, nilgai, nisi, outbye, outcry, oxeye, pad thai, Panay, panfry, Parcae, piece-dye, pigsty, pinkeye, Po Hai, pop eye, pop fly, potpie, put by, Qinghai, quasi, rabbi, red-eye, rely, reply, rib eye, ride high, rocaille, rough-dry, run dry, Sakai, sand fly, sci-fi, screw eye, semi, Sendai, serai, set by, shanghai, Shanghai, sheep's eye, shoofly, shut-eye, Sinai, sky-high, small-fry, stand by, standby, stir-fry, string tie, supply, swear by, terai, test-fly, thereby, tie-dye, titi, tongue-tie, Transkei, twist tie, two-ply, vat dye, Versailles, walleye, well-nigh, whereby, whitefly, wild rye, wise guy