Dictionary Entry
untie
untie is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
- 2transitive verb
To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
- 3transitive verb
To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
- 4intransitive verb
To become untied or loosed.
- 5verb
undo the ties of
"They untied the prisoner"
- 6verb
cause to become loose
"undo the shoelace"
"untie the knot"
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