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Untying

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Present participle of untie.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Present participle of untie.

n. The act by which something is untied.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. loosening the ties that fasten something

Word Usage

"At one point, someone said that a particular corporation "the first step in untying this Gordian knot is to slather it with Krazy Glue" situation sounded like a government bureaucratic mess rather than anything in private business."

Antonym

tie

Verb Form

untied unties untying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change modify alter

Cross Reference

loose

Variant

untying

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unbind resolve unfold clear unknit

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Ai Alai Ally Bi Bligh