vverb.contactsecure with or as if with ropesSynset:bind tie down truss
Examples:- tie down the prisoners
- tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
Derivationally Related Form:bindable
Hypernyms:confine constrain hold restrain
Inherited Hypernyms:tie downrestraindisablechange
Direct Hyponyms:chain upfaggotfaggot upfagothog-tie
Entailment:fasten fix secure
Full Troponyms:chain upfaggothog-tie
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: bind, tie up, tie down)
vverb.possessioninvest so as to make unavailable for other purposesExamples:- All my money is tied up in long-term investments
Hypernyms:commit invest place put
Inherited Hypernyms:tie upinvestspendpaygivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactrestrain from moving or operating normallyExamples:- Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred
Derivationally Related Form:tie-up
Hypernyms:block close up impede jam obstruct obturate occlude
Inherited Hypernyms:tie upobstructimpedeprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactsecure in or as if in a berth or dockSynset:berth moor
Derivationally Related Form:mooringberth
Hypernyms:fasten fix secure
Inherited Hypernyms:moorfastenattachconnect
Direct Hyponyms:wharf
Full Troponyms:wharf
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactfinish the last rowTopic:knitknittingknitwork
Synset:bind off
Hypernyms:bind tie
Inherited Hypernyms:tie uptiefastenattachconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something