untied
adjective
[ ʌnˈtʌɪd ]
• not fastened or knotted.
• "a Chinese vases was smashed when a museum visitor tripped over his untied shoe"
• (of an international loan or aid) not given subject to the condition that it should be used for purchases from the donor country.
• "untied German credits to the Soviet Union"
untie
verb
• undo or unfasten (something that is tied or tied up).
• "she knelt to untie her laces"
Similar:
undo,
unknot,
unbind,
unfasten,
unwrap,
unlace,
untether,
unfetter,
unhitch,
unmoor,
unclick,
loose,
detach,
free,
set free,
release,
let go,
set adrift,
cast off,
Opposite:
tie up,
Origin:
Old English untīgan (see un-2, tie).
