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# untie

verb (untie, unties, untied, untying)

«untie» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To untie something is to undo a knot or a bow, or to take off a rope or string that is holding something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#x1)
- Untie your shoes before you take them off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#x2)
- She untied the ribbon on the present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#x3)
- The sailor untied the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#x4)
- He untied the dog from the post. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#x5)
- My laces are too tight to untie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#x6)
- The string was easy to untie, and the king’s son soon unfastened the bundle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «untie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untie/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«untie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/untie.html) on Mova free.