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UNTYING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untying mean?
• UNTYING (noun)
The noun UNTYING has 1 sense:
1. loosening the ties that fasten something
Familiarity information: UNTYING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loosening the ties that fasten something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
undoing; unfastening; untying
Context example:
the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy
Hypernyms ("untying" is a kind of...):
laxation; loosening (the act of making something less tight)
Derivation:
untie (cause to become loose)
Context examples
Then the other pretended to give way, and said, “Thou must let the sack of wisdom descend, by untying yonder cord, and then thou shalt enter.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“Master Davy,” said Peggotty, untying her bonnet with a shaking hand, and speaking in a breathless sort of way.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Adele seemed scarcely to need the warning—she had already retired to a sofa with her treasure, and was busy untying the cord which secured the lid.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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