untying
verb
[ ʌnˈtʌɪɪŋ ]
• present participle of untie.
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).
