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untie

/ʌnˈtaɪ/

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To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

Examples :

"to untie a knot"

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To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Examples :

"The teacher untied the knot in the rope to release the trapped bird. "

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To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

Examples :

"The detective hoped to untie the mystery of the missing jewels by finding new evidence. "

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To become untied or loosed.

Examples :

"The shoelace began to untie as I walked. "

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In the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

Examples :

"After finishing the special database interaction, the Perl script will untie the variable, allowing it to use its normal, built-in features again. "

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