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Untying   Listen
Untying

noun
1.
Loosening the ties that fasten something.  Synonyms: undoing, unfastening.



Untie

verb
(past & past part. untied; pres. part. untying)
1.
Undo the ties of.  Synonyms: unbrace, unlace.
2.
Cause to become loose.  Synonyms: loosen, undo.  "Untie the knot" , "Loosen the necktie"



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"Untying" Quotes from Famous Books



... night-coachman, who was known to the party as the resurrection Jarvey. On his being deposited in this state at the lecturer's door, by honest Jehu, who offered him for sale, the surgeon proceeded to examine his subject, when, untying the sack, he discovered the man was breathing: 'Why, you scoundrel,' said the irritable anatomist, 'the man's not dead.' 'Not dead!' re-echoed coachee, laughing at the joke, 'Why, then, kill him when you want him!' The ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle

... the floor, and placed it on the table before him. The exertion brought on a spasm of coughing. When he had recovered from this, he drew an old wallet from his pocket and took from it a key, with which he unlocked the satchel. Then, drawing forth a package and untying and unrolling it, he shook it out and held it up for Robert Burnham to look at. It was a little flannel cloak. It had once been white, but it was sadly stained and soiled now. The delicate ribbons that had ornamented ...
— Burnham Breaker • Homer Greene

... What education is; What the real teacher is; A hypnotist; Untying knots; Too much kindness; The button illustration; The chariot race; Physically sound; Character; Well educated; Professional preparation; Experience; Choosing a teacher; A "scoop"; What makes the ...
— Rural Life and the Rural School • Joseph Kennedy

... These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, If they are not yours as much as mine they are nothing, or next to nothing, If they are not the riddle and the untying of the riddle they are nothing, If they are not just as close as they are distant they ...
— Leaves of Grass • Walt Whitman

... the situation and the discomfiture upon her ardent lover's expressive face. And so, with Pete trudging along in silence, unnoticed, they came to the office and stopped, Jocelyn and Conniston still talking to each other, Lonesome Pete tying and untying knots in his bridle-reins. ...
— Under Handicap - A Novel • Jackson Gregory


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