untie
/ʌnˈtaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "to untie a knot"
- "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."
- "Sacharissa's captive fain / Would untie his iron chain."
- "Though you untie the winds, and let them fight / Against the churches."
- "All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness."
- "They quicken sloth, perplexities untie."
Etymology
From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.