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Meaning of 'tie' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tie [ v. i.]
- To make a tie; to make an equal score.
2 . Tie [ v. t.]
- A knot; a fastening.
- A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
- A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.
- A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
- Low shoes fastened with lacings.
- To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
- To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.
- To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
- To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
- To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
- To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.

Meaning of 'tie' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tie [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a social or business relationship
Example in sentence:
  • a valuable financial affiliation;
  • he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team;
  • many close associations with England
Meaning (2):
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
Example in sentence:
  • he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam
Meaning (3):
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
Example in sentence:
  • he needed a tie for the packages
Meaning (4):
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
Example in sentence:
  • he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie;
  • he wore a vest and tie
Meaning (5):
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
Example in sentence:
  • the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
Meaning (6):
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
Example in sentence:
  • the game ended in a draw;
  • their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
Meaning (7):
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
Example in sentence:
  • the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction
8 . tie [ v]
Meaning (8):
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
Example in sentence:
  • Can you connect the two loudspeakers?;
  • Link arms;
  • Tie the ropes together
Meaning (9):
- limit or restrict to
Example in sentence:
  • I am tied to UNIX;
  • These big jets are tied to large airports
Meaning (10):
- perform a marriage ceremony
Example in sentence:
  • The couple got spliced on Hawaii;
  • The minister married us on Saturday;
  • We were wed the following week
Meaning (11):
- make by tying pieces together
Example in sentence:
  • The fishermen tied their flies
Meaning (12):
- create social or emotional ties
Example in sentence:
  • The grandparents want to bond with the child
Meaning (13):
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • The teams drew a tie
Meaning (14):
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
Example in sentence:
  • They tied their victim to the chair
Meaning (15):
- form a knot or bow in
Example in sentence:
  • tie a necktie

Nearby Words:

tie-rod tiebar tiebeam tied tier tierce tierce-major tiercel tiercelet tiercet

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