Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

    to untie a knot

    losbinden

    развя́зыватьrazvjázyvatʹ, развяза́тьrazvjazátʹ

    розв'я́зуватиrozvʺjázuvaty, розв'яза́тиrozvʺjazáty

  2. (transitive)To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

    losmachen

    отвя́зыватьotvjázyvatʹ, отвяза́тьotvjazátʹ

    відв'я́зуватиvidvʺjázuvaty, відв'яза́тиvidvʺjazáty

  3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

    aufklären, auflösen, beschließen

    реша́тьrešátʹ, реши́тьrešítʹ

  4. (intransitive)To become untied or loosed.

    sich lösen

    развя́зыватьсяrazvjázyvatʹsja, развяза́тьсяrazvjazátʹsja

    cause to become loose

  5. (transitive)In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

Examples

73 sentences
  1. Your shoes are untied.

    У тебе шнурки розв'язалися.

    ruУ Вас шнурки развязались.

    deDeine Schnürsenkel sind offen.

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  2. Tom untied the ropes.

    Том розв'язав мотузки.

    ruТом развязал верёвки.

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  3. I untied the ribbon.

    Я розв'язав стрічку.

    ruЯ развязал ленту.

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  4. Your shoelaces are untied.

    У тебе шнурки розв'язані.

    ruУ Вас шнурки развязались.

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  5. Untie the dog.

    Відв'яжи собаку.

    ruОтвяжи собаку.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted:
to free from fastening or from restraint:
Русский
By meaning 4
to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted:
to free from fastening or from restraint:
to resolve:
to become untied or loosed:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted:
to free from fastening or from restraint:
to resolve:
to become untied or loosed:

Origin

From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie

From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.

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Forms

unties, untying, untied, untied
Base formuntie · to untie
3rd person singularunties
Present participleuntying
Past simpleuntied
Past participleuntied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyuntie
he, she, itunties

Past simpleLesson

all personsuntied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave untied
he, she, ithas untied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill untie

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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