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untied

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un·tie  (n-t)
v. un·tied, un·ty·ing (n-tng), un·ties
v.tr.
1. To undo or loosen (a knot or something knotted).
2. To free from something that binds or restrains: untie a horse from a tree.
3. To straighten out (difficulties, for example); resolve.
v.intr.
To become untied.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.untieduntied - not tied                            
fastened, tied - fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle"
2.untieduntied - with laces not tied; "teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers"
3.untieduntied - not bound by shackles and chains    
unbound - not restrained or tied down by bonds


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A lashed boat, a spare spar, a cask or what not secured about the decks, is "cast adrift" when it is untied.
One of the prisoners, Grigoryev, went mad as soon as he was untied, and never regained his sanity.
The Hazel-nut child fastened the diamond firmly under the stork's neck with a ribbon, and when he saw that the other storks were getting ready for their northern flight, he untied the silk cord from his stork's wings, and away they went, getting nearer home every minute.
 
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