|
tie
has definitions from the fields of clothing,music,games
|
|
| 1 |
[ verb ] To fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
Synonyms Examples "They tied their victim to the chair" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)When he had stored his stock in the great oak chest , locked the two big hasps and secured the additional chain , tied the fly of the tent , and picked_up the cash box , he moved_up the darkening street . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)At that moment the bathroom door flew_open and Eugene came_out , with his face lathered for shaving , and strode down the hall , tying the sash of his dressing_gown as he went . |
| 2 |
[ noun ] (clothing) neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
Synonyms Examples "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie" "he wore a vest and tie" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)He wore a brown knit sports_shirt with no tie . At the moment of crisis it had no_more depth than an old school tie . (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)He straightened his tie at the mirror with a shaking hand ; the genial smile seemed painted on his face . Related terms neckwear bolo_tie old_school_tie four-in-hand string_tie Windsor_tie bow_tie |
| 3 |
[ verb ] (games) finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
Synonyms Examples "The teams drew a tie" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)A two run homer by Norm_Siebern and a solo_blast by Bill_Tuttle tied the game , and single runs in the eighth and ninth gave the Athletics their fifth victory in eight starts . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The Twins tied the score in the sixth inning when Reno_Bertoia beat_out a high chopper to third_base and scored on Lenny_Green 's double to left . Al_Smith 's 340 - blast over left in the fourth - his fourth homer of the campaign - tied the score and Carreon 's first major_league home_run in the fifth put the Sox back in_front . And so it was over the weekend what with 40 - year old Warren_Spahn pitching his no-hit masterpiece against the Giants and the Giants ' Willie_Mays retaliating with a record tying 4 - homer spree Sunday . |
| 4 |
[ noun ] a social or business relationship
Synonyms Examples : "a valuable financial affiliation" "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team" "many close associations with England" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)And social_relations arising out of business ties impose courtesy , if not sympathy , toward resident and visiting Northerners . Also , we should not even to-day discount the fact that a region such_as the coastal lowlands centering_on Charleston had closer ties with England and the West_Indies than with the North even after independence . Related terms |
| 5 |
[ verb ] limit or restrict to
Examples "I am tied to UNIX" "These big jets are tied to large airports" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Most_of this testimony may have been legally admissible as bearing_on the corpus_delicti of the total Nazi crime but seemed subject_to question when not tied to the part in it of the defendant 's Department_of_Jewish_Affairs . In such a case the defendant should serve as a clear example and not have_to be tied to the issue by argument . Related terms |
| 6 |
[ noun ] the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
Examples "the game ended in a draw" "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The victory was the first of the season for the Billikens after nine defeats and a tie . The tie was against Southeast_Missouri last Friday . Related terms |
| 7 |
[ verb ] connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
Examples "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?" "Tie the ropes together" "Link arms" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Make sure you have minimum age and time on_the_job requirements tied into your pension plan . (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)I have no picture in my mind of the garden as_a_whole - that I could not see - but certain aspects of certain corners linger in the memory : wind-blown , frost-bitten , white chrysanthemums beneath a window , with their brittle brown leaves and their sharp scent of November ; ripe pears lying in long grass , to be turned_over by a dusty slippered foot , cautiously , lest bees still worked in the ragged , brown edged holes ; hot colored verbenas in the corner between the dining-room wall and the side porch , where we passed on_our_way to the pump with the half gourd tied to it as a cup by my grandmother for our childish pleasure in drinking from it . Related terms disconnect attach join join bond bridge hang_together put_through daisy-chain hitch interconnect ground tee link connection linkage |
| 8 |
[ noun ] a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
Synonyms Examples "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam" Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)The walls are held together with metal ties placed in the wet mortar as the walls are built . Related terms |
| 9 |
[ noun ] a fastener that serves to join or link
Examples "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Nothing in_all the preceding years had had the power to bring me closer to a knowledge of profound sorrow than the breakup of camp , the packing away of my camp uniforms , the severing of ties with the six or ten people I had grown most to love in the world . |
| 10 |
[ verb ] form a knot or bow in
Examples "tie a necktie" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)One simple method of measuring the expansion of the heart is to tie a thin rubber tube , filled with mercury , around the heart and record the change in resistance as the tube is stretched . |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 |
[ noun ] one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
Synonyms Examples "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" Related terms |
| 15 | |
| 16 |
[ verb ] unite musical notes by a tie
Related terms |
| 17 | |
| 18 |
[ noun ] a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
Examples "he needed a tie for the packages" Related terms |
| * |
|