untie
pronunciation
How to pronounce untie in British English:
UK [ʌnˈtaɪ]
How to pronounce untie in American English:
US [ʌnˈtaɪ]
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- Verb:
- undo the ties of
- cause to become loose
Word Origin
- untie (v.)
- Old English untigan "loosen, unchain," from un- (2) "opposite of" + tie (v.). Related: Untied; untying.
Antonym
Example
- 1. He handed one of the shoes to his father : " untie it ! "
- 2. ' Please untie my shoe , ' says the child in an identical tone as before .
- 3. The skeletal tree limbs , submerged in lake volta , often catch the fishing nets . And wary frightened children are thrown into the water to untie the lines .
- 4. Those looking on the bright side will also hope that a fall in the oil price will untie the hands of central bankers , allowing them to postpone the rate rises they may be contemplating to fight inflation .
- 5. Pulling disentangles these convolutions , he says . When there are no more knots to untie , the proteins reconfigure into tough structures called beta-sheet nanocrystals .