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What does untie mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word untie? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
  2. (transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
  3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
  4. (intransitive) To become untied or loosed.
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The air was thick with the smell of the ocean, sailors beginning to untie their ships for mornings of sailing and fishing.
She forms a knot in Guigemar's chemise that only she can untie, and he places a ceinture around her waist that only he can unfasten.
Instead he stooped to untie the young woman as fast as his iron-strong fingers could unknot her.
Several families had to untie bikes from the backs of their cars before they could gain access to the boot.
I watched in disgust as he began to untie his cravat and removed it from around his neck.
By that time, she had more then lost a few straggles of hair from trying to untie the stubborn curls.

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