tie
Meaning
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- A knot; a fastening.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A lace-up shoe.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
- A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- A connection between two vertices.
- A tiewig.
Synonyms
tie together
tie on
bind together
be tied
tie knot
fasten together
roller bandage
shoe-lace
siamese
stick to the pan
fasten with knots
run a dead heat
bind on
build a house
fasten down
join together
tie for
tie in a bundle
track rod
evenly matches
undecided match
tie score
be wrapped up
cingule
tie-bar
equal score
lingering sentiment
hold tightly
lock together
seismic correlation
make strong
bind with a rope
string tie
drag link
tension bar
tie bar
bed timber
draft bar
drag bar
draught bar
stay bolt
tension rod
tie-rod
chain connection
draw rod
tie-wig
pitch of holes
tension link
draw link
rod in tension
pull-rod
nutted rod
crown stay bolt
pull-back bar
cross sleeper
binding rod
train arm
rail bearing
association trail
tie a knot in
sleeper railroad tie
sport tie
binding joist
couple on
four in hand
gauze bandage
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/taɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English teye (“cord, chain”), from Old English tēag, tēah (“cord, chain”), from Proto-West Germanic *taugu, from Proto-Germanic *taugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Compare Danish tov, Icelandic taug.
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