untied; untying or untieing
1
: to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains : unbind
untied our hands
2
a
: to disengage the knotted parts of
untie a shoe
b
: disentangle, resolve
untie a traffic jam
: to become loosened or unbound
Examples of untie in a Sentence
He untied the package and opened it.
She untied the horse from the post.
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Several types of operations are required to make the kind of knot that represents 0, untie it and tie it into a knot that represents 1, or create a quantum superposition of the two.
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IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
Tina untied the tourniquet on Lilian’s arm and left with the tray of tubes.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The back features a slip-on design that your foot can glide into, with no need to untie (or retie) laces .
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
Loosening the shoe up a touch requires just a couple quick clicks of the dial rather than untying laces, loosening laces and shoe upper material, and retying.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2025
Tina untied the tourniquet on Lilian’s arm and left with the tray of tubes.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The back features a slip-on design that your foot can glide into, with no need to untie (or retie) laces .
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
Loosening the shoe up a touch requires just a couple quick clicks of the dial rather than untying laces, loosening laces and shoe upper material, and retying.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for untie
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“Untie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untie. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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