untie

Meaning

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. (transitive) In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

Synonyms

loosen

unfasten

undo

unbind

release

loose

unravel

unwrap

detach

unwind

open

free

🆓

remove

unloose

unleash

disengage

unhitch

unpack

unlace

uncouple

unreel

separate

unlock

🔓

uncoil

disentangle

let go

untangle

slacken

unroll

resolve

solve

disconnect

unlash

unhook

unclasp

unbutton

unbrace

unloosen

take off

liberate

open out

set loose

unscrew

set free

disclose

unfold

pardon

strip

liberation

let loose

Translations

détacher

desatar

délier

dénouer

slegare

losbinden

losmaken

desatar

sciogliere

slacciare

losmachen

lösen

défaire

λύνω

soltar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈtaɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: untien

Inherited from Old English: untīġan

In summary

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