Word Meanings - UNTIE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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
Additional info about word: UNTIE
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.
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- UNFASTEN
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie. - LOOSEN
Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening - LOOSESTRIFE
The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers. Gray. False loosestrife, a plant - LOOSENESS
The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles. - UNTIE
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 - LOOSE
laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, - LOOSELY
In a loose manner. - LOOSENER
One who, or that which, loosens. - UNLOOSEN
To loosen; to unloose. - OUTLOOSE
A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. That "whereas" gives me an outloose. Selden. - AUNTIE; AUNTY
A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women. - UNLOOSE
To make loose; to loosen; to set free. Shak.