About The Word Untie
Learn about the word Untie to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Untie definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Untie
| Untie Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Untie?
[v] undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"
[v] cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" Synonyms | Synonyms for Untie: loosen | unbrace | unlace Related Terms | Find terms related to Untie: See Also | alter | change | undo | unlash | unloose | unloosen Untie In Webster's Dictionary \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt?gan. See 1st {Un-}, and {Tie},
v. t.]
1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to
disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron
chain. --Waller.
Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope.
2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to
unbind.
Though you untie the winds, and let them fight
Against the churches. --Shak.
All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the
accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor.
3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham.
\Un*tie"\, v. i. To become untied or loosed. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Presentable ‐ fit to be seen;…
- Myotonic ‐ of or relating to or caused…
- Atom bomb ‐ a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear…
- Sphincter ani ‐ the sphincter muscle…
- Argentina ‐ type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines [n] a republic in…
- Mu-meson ‐ an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life…
- Shrewishness ‐ a nature given to nagging…
- Notarize ‐ authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature…
- Arteria nutricia ‐ an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the…
- Whomp ‐ beat overwhelmingly [v] hit…