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Untie meaning
To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of. | To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. | To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
Example sentences (18)
It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie; most notably, it is easy to untie after being subjected to a load.
He isn't the only victim in the hotel, and he finds people willing to help untie him, but there are far more ready to do him in, including both the woman and the man who bought his kidney.
The leader of the opposition on Torbay Council has called on the government to untie the bay’s hands when it comes to spending its ‘war chest’ for future developments.
Then, untie the lines and go.
The farm worker was able to untie himself and ran to a neighbouring farm to seek help.
She was able to untie herself, crawl upstairs to the kitchen and call 911.
Have your shears next to you whenever you practice anything rope-related in case you ever need to quickly get out of rope and there’s no time to untie.
The family was to untie each other after the ritual was complete.
A tightened granny knot can also jam and is often more difficult to untie than the reef knot.
Before Clark can untie her, he is ambushed and beaten into submission by the Titans.
He started by tying a leather rope with a simple knot for every time he prayed Kyrie Eleison ("Lord have Mercy"), but the Devil would come and untie the knots to throw off his count.
If the ends are long enough, one can sometimes untie it by pulling one end generally parallel to the bound object and a bit up away from it, and prying it into the opposite end's part to open the knot.
In modern climbing rope, the clove hitch will slip to a point, and then stop slipping. citation With smaller diameter cords, after being heavily weighted it may become difficult to untie.
It is quick and easy to tie and untie.
Releasability Knots differ in the effort required to untie them after loading.
Roman brides wore a special belt tied with the " knot of Hercules ", which was supposed to be hard to untie.
The Devil could not untie it because the Devil is vanquished by the Sign of the Cross.
They are useful for these purposes because they have a deceptive appearance, being easier or more difficult to tie or untie than their appearance would suggest.