untie

IPA: ʌntˈaɪ

(transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
(intransitive) To become untied or loosed.
(programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

Examples of "untie" in Sentences

"untie" its aid by 2012-13, so that relief dollars can be spent in Africa, rather than on
I must untie the knots of feeling in me, to see if I can uncover the truth of the situation.
Oh this reminds me of a contortionist trying to untie himself after finding itself contorted.
Rush needs to untie the other half of his brain, the part that does not have his ego tied to it.
Replacement of paper with a computer screen, and pencil with electrons, does not "untie" the process.
The Obama Administration tried mightily to entice Assad into "engaging" Washington in a vain attempt to untie Assad from his patron Ahmadinejad.
* This first-of-its-kind promotion will "untie" families from giving dad the traditional, same-old gift, instead offering him something he craves - a new smartphone.
I did listen to the celebrated 60th anniversary episode, but I'm afraid I lost it when Nigel and someone else climbed on to the gables on a dark and icy night to untie a banner.
She knew how to bite through a gag, untie the most complex knots and bust out of a locked room using the quarter-sized bit of nitroglycerin secreted into the heel of her go-go boot.