untie

CEFRB1

/ʌnˈtaɪ/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To loosen or remove a knot.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Examples

  • I can't untie this knot; it's too tight!

  • The first thing he did was to untie his shoelaces and take his shoes off.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

  2. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

  3. To become untied or loosed.

More examples

In context

  • I can't untie this knot.

  • They quicken sloth, perplexities untie.

  • to untie a knot

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

He tried to blank the knot in his shoelace, but it was too tight.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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