untie

Verb

Verb Forms: untied, untying, unties

To unfasten or undo a knot or bond.
undo the ties of
- "They untied the prisoner"
cause to become loose
- "untie the knot"
To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
To become untied or loosed.
In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

Examples

He had to untie the mental knot that was preventing him from seeing the seven-letter word.
to untie a knot

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.

Synonyms

loosen, unbrace, undo, unlace, unfasten

Antonyms

tie

Scrabble Score: 5

untie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
untie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
untie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

untie: valid Words With Friends Word