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tie /tʌɪ /verb (ties, tying, tied)1 [with object and usually with adverbial] Attach or fasten with string or similar cord: Gabriel tied up his horse they tied Max to a chair her long hair was tied back in a bow...- She tied the string attached the sheath to her belt and looked back into the crate.
- He tied Charcoal's leading cord to the tree, and she gave him a disapproving gaze.
- She had long hair, which was tied back in a ponytail and she had facial piercings or facial jewellery.
1.1Fasten (something) by means of its strings or by forming the ends into a knot or bow: Lewis tied on his apron...- The easiest way to practice this knot is to try tying pieces of string to a nail.
- I unrolled the bandage and started tying it around her head.
- He bandaged her wounds and tied them tight to stop the bleeding.
Synonyms do up; knot, make a knot in, make a bow in, lace 1.2Form (a string, ribbon, or lace) into a knot or bow: Renwick bent to tie his shoelace...- Jocelyn slipped her arms through the short sleeves and Sylvie told her to hold still while she tied the golden ribbon lacing up the back; it ended with a bow at her waist.
- I quickly bent down to tie the bothersome laces and walked back to my desk, leaving Greg to put away the rest of the equipment.
- Make certain you wear shoes suitable for climbing and working on a ladder, and that the shoe laces are tied.
1.3Form (a knot or bow) in a ribbon, lace, etc. tie a knot in one end of the cotton...- Then he brushed his knee-length hair one hundred strokes, braided it, and tied it back with a piece of green ribbon, simply knotting it instead of tying a bow.
- It was a process a bit like tying a granny knot: twisting one edge of the sausage rope into a loop, then threading the other end through, looping it, and twisting again.
- Keep the loops tight, and they will hold the laces in place while you tie your final knot/bow.
1.4 [no object] Be fastened with a knot or bow: a sarong which ties at the waist 2 [with object] Restrict or limit (someone) to a particular situation or place: she didn’t want to be like her mother, tied to a feckless man she didn’t want to be tied down by a full-time job...- And of course, until it's all fixed I can't get my email in Detroit unless I'm tied to dial-up access.
- But once he is tied to a project, he is fully committed.
- You weren't tied to a house, you weren't tied to anything.
Synonyms restrict, restrain, limit, constrain, confine, cramp; hamper, hinder, impede, tie down, interfere with, slow, obstruct, block, handicap, hamstring, shackle, encumber, inhibit, check, curb; tie someone's hands, cramp someone's style rare cumber, trammel 3 [with object] Connect; link: self-respect is closely tied up with the esteem in which one is held by one’s fellows...- Right now we have a cost-of-living increase, that is tied more to wages than actual inflation.
- Happiness, in this scheme of things, is always tied up with what happens, especially what happens by luck or chance.
- His switch to study theology with work in the Anglican Church may well have been tied up with the beginning of the First World War.
Synonyms link, couple, connect, relate, join, marry, wed; make conditional on, bind up with, bundle with 3.1Hold together by a crosspiece or tie: ceiling joists are used to tie the rafter feet 3.2 Music Unite (written notes) by a tie. 3.3 Music Perform (two notes) as one unbroken note. 4 [no object] Achieve the same score or ranking as another competitor or team: Norman needed a par to tie with Nicklaus [with object]: Muir tied the score at 5-5...- Brazilian gymnasts earned or tied for the top score on three of the four women's events.
- But they should be even stronger in 2000, as 19 starters return from a team that tied for the Mountain West title.
- Porter also tied for the team lead in interceptions.
Synonyms draw, be equal, be even, be level, be neck and neck noun (plural ties)1A piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something: he tightened the tie of his robe...- Each kit contains a plastic sheet, a clean razor blade, a cutting surface, soap, and cord ties.
- Some of the most damaging ties are fastened around trees for secondary purposes, for washing lines, swings or bird box fixings.
- These are made of blue or white plastic clothes pegs, cable ties, nails and wire.
Synonyms lace, string, cord, ligature, wire, bond, fetter, link, fastening, fastener 1.1US A shoe tied with a lace.It had to be untied, loose ties with fat laces, always spotlessly white....- Roper also offers custom-designed ties for larger customers' needs.
2A rod or beam holding parts of a structure together.This transparency is achievable because the building front is cantilevered and suspended from the main structure by diagonal ties....- All these walls have metal anchors, ties, and fasteners that cause thermal bridges.
2.1North American short for cross tie.It was noted that they are currently working in the area placing double rails and new ties, along with other improvements....- Colonel McDaniel said the base already spent $1 million of this money to replace some of the rails and rail ties.
- The speed limit on this section of heavier rail on concrete ties is 110 mph for conventional Amtrak trains.
2.2 Music A curved line above or below two notes of the same pitch indicating that they are to be played for the combined duration of their time values.A curved line similar to the slur may be used to indicate a portamento effect; the same sign between two adjacent notes of the same pitch serves as a tie....- In a rush, he began writing, though he was careful as he drew in all of the notes and ties.
3 (usually ties) A thing that unites or links people: it is important that we keep family ties strong...- Their lives were often founded on strong family ties and childhood friendships.
- Studies consistently show that those who are socially isolated are two to five times the risk of dying from all causes compared to those who maintain strong ties with family, friends and community.
- Second, education provides a ‘bridge’ to social networks beyond the strong ties of family, friends, and neighbors.
Synonyms bond, connection, link, liaison, attachment, association, kinship, affiliation, allegiance, friendship, cords, union, relationship, relatedness, interdependence 3.1A thing that restricts someone’s freedom of action: some cities and merchants were freed from feudal ties...- First, they must be free from feudal ties, which would otherwise prevent them from entering any sort of market transaction.
- However, following Government legislation relaxing the restrictive ties between pubs and the beer they sold, it has made less sense for breweries to hold onto these chains of pubs.
- They should sort these problems out by talking frankly about the benefits of a thaw in their ties, free from constraints imposed by their formal positions.
Synonyms restriction, curb, limitation, constraint, obligation, commitment, restraint, hindrance, check, obstruction, encumbrance, impediment, handicap 4A strip of material worn round the collar and tied in a knot at the front with the ends hanging down, typically forming part of a man’s smart or formal outfit: his hand went up to his collar and started to loosen his tie...- We have a business casual dress code at my office, which means collared shirts without a tie.
- At The Mikado's rehearsals, the male actors have on formal jackets and ties and top hats, while the women wear dresses that would not look out of place at a lunch in a good restaurant.
- All the men still have their shirts buttoned up tight to the collar, their ties knotted, their hair slicked back.
Synonyms 5A result in a game or other competitive situation in which two or more competitors or teams have the same score or ranking; a draw: there was a tie for first place...- Both sides had a few chances, it was a well fought contest and a tie was the best result.
- A tie would result in five points for each team, and the terms losing draw and winning draw, with Shackleton's grateful thanks, would be consigned to the dustbin.
- If a game ends in a tie, both teams earn a chance to win, not just the team that wins a coin flip, as is the case in the NFL.
Synonyms draw, dead heat, deadlock, stalemate 5.1 Cricket A game in which the scores are level and both sides have completed their innings, as distinct from a draw (a game left incomplete through lack of time).There was another thriller at Rowntrees when the game ended in a perfect tie with each side making 155-8. 6British A sports match between two or more players or teams in which the winners proceed to the next round of the competition: Swindon Town have won themselves a third round tie against Oldham...- The first and most glaringly obvious complaint to make about this is that it means that some fifth round and quarter final ties will therefore have the capacity to have a replay, and some won't.
- Derby and Sunderland, both with healthy average home gates and attractive third round ties could manage scarcely more than 30,000 between them.
- This week he was named Arriva Trains Cup Player of the Week for the fifth round ties.
Synonyms contest, fixture, match, game, event, trial, test, test match, meeting; bout, fight, prizefight, duel; quarter-final, semi-final, final; friendly, derby, local derby; play-off, replay, rematch; British clash; Canadian & Scottish playdown; North American split archaic tourney Phrasestie someone hand and foot tie someone (up) in knots tie the knot tie one on Phrasal verbstie something in (or tie in) tie into tie someone up tie something up Derivativestieless adjective ...- The primary claim for this suitless, tieless wardrobe is that it represents a ‘relaxed’ and ‘non-threatening’ manner.
- Mr Maude was tieless, as all Tory hopefuls have to be these days.
- No, Fletcher was tieless and looking very relaxed: after such a good result it's no wonder.
OriginOld English tīgan (verb), tēah (noun), of Germanic origin. Rhymesally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai |