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Noun untying has 1 sense
- untying, undoing, unfastening - loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy"
--1 is a kind of loosening, laxation
Verb untie has 2 senses
- untie, unbrace, unlace - undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"
--1 is one way to undo
Antonyms: tie, bind
Sample sentence:
They want to untie the prisoners
- untie, undo, loosen - cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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