Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to untie
Participle: untied
Gerund: untying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | untie |
| you | untie |
| he;she;it | unties |
| we | untie |
| you | untie |
| they | untie |
Perfect
| I | have untied |
| you | have untied |
| he;she;it | has untied |
| we | have untied |
| you | have untied |
| they | have untied |
Past
| I | untied |
| you | untied |
| he;she;it | untied |
| we | untied |
| you | untied |
| they | untied |
Pluperfect
| I | had untied |
| you | had untied |
| he;she;it | had untied |
| we | had untied |
| you | had untied |
| they | had untied |
Future
| I | will untie |
| you | will untie |
| he;she;it | will untie |
| we | will untie |
| you | will untie |
| they | will untie |
Future Perfect
| I | will have untied |
| you | will have untied |
| he;she;it | will have untied |
| we | will have untied |
| you | will have untied |
| they | will have untied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | untie |
| you | untie |
| he;she;it | untie |
| we | untie |
| you | untie |
| they | untie |
Perfect
| I | have untied |
| you | have untied |
| he;she;it | have untied |
| we | have untied |
| you | have untied |
| they | have untied |
Imperfect
| I | untied |
| you | untied |
| he;she;it | untied |
| we | untied |
| you | untied |
| they | untied |
Pluperfect
| I | had untied |
| you | had untied |
| he;she;it | had untied |
| we | had untied |
| you | had untied |
| they | had untied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would untie |
| you | would untie |
| he;she;it | would untie |
| we | would untie |
| you | would untie |
| they | would untie |
Perfect
| I | would have untied |
| you | would have untied |
| he;she;it | would have untied |
| we | would have untied |
| you | would have untied |
| they | would have untied |
Imperative
| you | untie |
| we | Let's untie |
| you | untie |
Verbs conjugated like 'untie'
assoilyie,
belie,
bisie,
destrie,
destruie,
die,
drie,
envie,
forelie,
forlie,
gie,
herie,
hie,
misgie,
noie,
outlie,
outvie,
pie,
prie,
revie, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'untie'
undie,
untile,
untin,
uptie,
ante,
betie,
entice,
entise,
entre,
envie,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- unfasten
- disentangle, undo, unbind, unknot, loose, release, free
- extricate
- free, untangle, disencumber
Antonyms
- extricate
- confine, restrain, entangle, restrict
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.
Sample Sentences
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to untie a knot
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Haſt thou the pretty vvorme of Nylus [an asp] there, / That killes and paines not? / […] / Come thou mortal vvretch, / VVith thy ſharpe teeth this knot intrinſicate, / Of life at once vntye: Poore venomous Foole, / Be angry, and diſpatch. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 367:]
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Sacharissa's captive fain / Would untie his iron chain. [1645, Edmund Waller, To Amoret:]
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Though you untie the winds, and let them fight / Against the churches. [c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:]
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All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness. [1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:]
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They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. [1668, John Denham, Of Prudence (poem)]
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After you finish with the INI file, all you need to do is untie the hash. Then you really are finished! [2002, Dave Roth, Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions, page 151:]