untie : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: untie	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for untie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
untie v undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: untie, unbrace, unlace] Antonym(s): bind, tie cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" Synonym(s): untie, undo, loosen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i. To become untied or loosed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Untie \Untie"\, 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.