Untie

/ʌnˈtaɪ/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
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.
5. (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

Example Sentences

to untie a knot

Haſt thou the pretty vvorme of Nylus [an asp] there, / That killes and paines not? / […] / Come thou mortal vvretch, / VVith thy ſharpe teeth this knot intrinſicate, / Of life at once vntye: Poore venomous Foole, / Be angry, and diſpatch.

Sacharissa's captive fain / Would untie his iron chain.

Though you untie the winds, and let them fight / Against the churches.

All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness.

They quicken sloth, perplexities untie.

After you finish with the INI file, all you need to do is untie the hash. Then you really are finished!

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Word Forms

• unties
• untying
• untied

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