cause to become loose; " undo the shoelace"; " untie the knot"; " loosen the necktie"

undo the ties of; " They untied the prisoner"

To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

To unfasten by loosening a knot.

To become unfastened.

Untied.

Untying.

To loose from being tied: to unbind: to loosen.

To loosen, as a knot; hence, to free from any fastening.

To loosen; to disengage the parts that form a knot; to unbind; to unfold.

To free from a knot or any fastening; to unbind; to loosen.

" I'll untie you," said his chum. – Miss Minerva and William Green Hill by Frances Boyd Calhoun

At the pine Racey slipped to the ground and ran to untie his horse. – The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White

It's tying a knot with your lips which you can't untie with your teeth. – The Stronger Influence by F.E. Mills Young

He would have a knot before him which he could not untie. – Select Speeches of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster

She pulled from her pocket a wad of dark cotton handkerchief, from which she began to untie the imprisoned note. – Madame Delphine by George W. Cable

Help me untie that rope. – Dorothy on a Ranch by Evelyn Raymond

If I untie you perhaps some one will come in and find out about it. – Spotted Deer by Elmer Gregor

But be sure and do not untie the end of it to look inside; for the sack must on no account be opened, even for a single minute. – The Curious Book of Birds by Abbie Farwell Brown

Miss Lucy could not untie the boxes fast enough now, the children were so wildly excited. – Polly of the Hospital Staff by Emma C. Dowd

Once fifty or sixty pounds of beef that was tied on his back slid over his shoulders along his neck and weighed down his head to the ground, fairly anchoring him; but he stood patient and still for half an hour or so without making the slightest struggle to free himself, while I was away getting help to untie the pack- rope and set the load back in its place. – The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir

There must be some way to untie that knot. – The Cromptons by Mary J. Holmes

We sprang into it and cut the fastenings with my knife, having no time to untie them, and pushed off from the wharf. – Allan and the Holy Flower by H. Rider Haggard

To untie it it is necessary to get hold of the right end of it, and especially the other end of it. – The New Jerusalem by G. K. Chesterton

It was my Father trying to untie his wings. – Fairy Prince and Other Stories by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

" Untie him," said Robert, at the same time drawing his pistol and covering the man; " he can't do us any hurt." – Benita, An African Romance by H. Rider Haggard