untying

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noun

The act by which something is untied.

Similar
undoingunfastening
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of untie
noununtying (plural untyings)

plural untyings

  1. The act by which something is untied.

    It cost us several tyings and untyings before her ladyship was pleased with her own foot.

    1772, John Macgowan, Infernal Conference: Or, Dialogues of Devils

Synonyms & antonyms

nounloosening the ties that fasten something

Similar
undoingunfastening
Broader
looseninglaxation
Also see
undoing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with untying

tryingbuyingflyingapplyingdyinglyingcryingdryingdenyingspyingtyingcomplyingimplyingfryingdyeingdefyingvyingundyingpryingsighingplyingscryingdecryingretrying
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Cite this entry
APA

untying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untying

MLA

“untying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untying. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untying.

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