untie

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.

The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. — Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete, Emily Dickinson
"Do you think you could untie that knot?" — Just Patty, Jean Webster
They found it safe, and untied the horse. — The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, Horatio, Jr. Alger

unbrace, unlace

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