tie¹ /tī/

1. To bind
2. To fasten
3. To knot
4. To make (a knot, etc)
5. To restrict, restrain
6. To unite
7. To mark (two notes of the same pitch) with a curved line indicating that they are to be played as a single sustained, not repeated, note (music)
8. To perform in this way (music)
9. To limit
10. To oblige
11. To equal in competition, etc
12. To subject to bonds
13. To confirm (Shakespeare)
14. To ligature
15. To make (an artificial fly for angling)

1. (of a garment, etc) to be fastened with a knot, ribbon, etc
2. To be equal in votes, score, etc
3. (of dogs) to linger on the scent

1. A knot, bow, etc
2. A bond
3. A string, ribbon, etc, for tying
4. A band of material passed under the collar of a shirt, etc and tied under the chin, esp one having one end wider than the other, tied to hang down the shirt front with the wider end overlying the narrower, worn esp by men, or as part of a uniform
5. A shoe tied with a lace (US)
6. A structural member sustaining only a tension
7. A railway sleeper (N American)
8. A restraint
9. An obligation
10. A mode of tying
11. An equality in score, votes, etc
12. A match, esp one at any stage of a tournament in which the losers are eliminated
13. A curved line drawn over notes of the same pitch to be performed as one, sustained not repeated (music)
14. A tie-wig (obsolete)

tied adjective

1. Having been tied
2. Having a draw or equality as a result
3. (of a public house or garage) denoting one whose tenant is obliged to get his or her supplies from one particular brewer or distiller, or oil- and petrol-producer
4. (of a house, cottage, etc) denoting one whose tenant may occupy the premises only as long as he or she is employed by the owner
5. (of a loan or aid) conditional on money being spent on goods and services provided by the lender

tieˈless adjective

tīˈer noun

1. A person who ties
2. A child's apron (US)

tieˈback noun

A length of fabric or ribbon used to tie a curtain to one side

tie beam noun

A beam connecting the lower ends of rafters to prevent them from moving apart

tieˈ-break noun

1. A number of points played at the end of a tied set to decide the winner (tennis)
2. Generally, a situation in a contest when a tiebreaker is required to decide the winner

tieˈbreaker noun

1. A tie-break
2. Any game(s), question(s) or competition(s) intended to break a tie and decide a winner

tie clip or tie clasp noun

An ornamental clip which attaches one's tie to one's shirt

tieˈ-dye or tie-dyeˈing noun

A method of hand-dyeing textiles in which patterns are produced by binding or knotting parts of the fabric so as to resist the dye (also tieˈ-and-dyeˈ)

tieˈ-dyed adjective

tieˈ-in noun

1. A connection
2. Something, esp a book, that ties in with, is connected or promoted with something else, eg a film or TV programme
3. The practice of selling an item on condition that additional items are purchased (chiefly N American)

tie line noun

A telephone line used solely for connecting two private branch exchanges (also interswitchboard line)

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