untie

«untie» in Mova's school dictionary: to undo a knot or a bow, or to take off a rope or string… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (untie, unties, untied, untying)

meaning for a pupil

To untie something is to undo a knot or a bow, or to take off a rope or string that is holding something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life: untie your shoelaces, untie a ribbon on a present, untie a boat or a dog's lead. In stories: the hero unties the prisoner.

examples

• Can you untie this knot? tree →
• Untie your shoes before you take them off. tree →
• She untied the ribbon on the present. tree →
• The sailor untied the boat. tree →
• He untied the dog from the post. tree →
• My laces are too tight to untie. tree →
• The string was easy to untie, and the king’s son soon unfastened the bundle. tree →

note

Prefix un- = undo. Note the -ing form: untying (ie changes to y). Opposite: tie.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «untie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.