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# untying

«untying» in Mova's school dictionary: **To undo a knot, rope or string so that it comes loose** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (untie, unties, untied, untying)

### meaning for a pupil

To undo a knot, rope or string so that it comes loose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untying/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, opening a box, parcel or bag by loosening its knot

### examples

- She was untying the ribbon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untying/#x1)
- He is untying his shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untying/#x2)
- Mum was untying the sack of apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untying/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «untying» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untying/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.