tie
Meaning
-
- 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.
Concepts
tie
bind
fasten
bond
knot
necktie
draw
link
tie up
connect
join
attach
tether
string
secure
band
cravat
sleeper
lash
connection
bandage
bondage
ligature
fastening
fetter
hitch
binding
tighten
moor
wrap
strap
tie together
associate
shackle
wrap up
attachment
knit
lace
ligate
link up
weave
tie on
chain
gird
restrain
conjoin
rope
thread
marry
crosstie
affiliation
truss
coupling
ribbon
couple
braid
cord
fix
stick
confine
relationship
twist
ligament
nexus
bind up
splice
tie beam
railroad tie
standoff
association
tie-up
tape
dead heat
bundle
hang
brace
joint
tie down
tye
be tied
bind together
coalesce
twine
affix
appoint
determine
make fast
set
handcuff
manacle
transfer
deadlock
squeeze
anchor
league
pin
stake
fastener
string together
wed
linkup
tie-in
fasten together
unite
button
arrest
undecided
leash
belt
girdle
junction
tie knot
harness
do up
lace up
close
decide
decided
buckle up
yoke
stick to the pan
grapple
imprison
trammel
batten down
fasten down
loop
contact
liaison
noose
correlate
evenness
half
evenly matches
custody
undecided match
relation
lingering sentiment
ally
fit
coil
curl
roll
equal score
cramp
stay
garter
lacing
shoelace
shoestring
picket
zipper
correlation
seismic correlation
arrange
round
bind on
ties
bind with a rope
equal
run a dead heat
scarf
stand-off
shoe-lace
bow-tie
necklet
oxford
restraint
constraint
tie-wig
bun
constrict
oblige
constrain
limit
loiter
lag
twitch
communication
bite
clamp
clip
hold tightly
jam
nip
pin down
pinch
run over
sting
hook
compress
oppress
repress
strap on
vinculum
tie for
four in hand
neckwear
pitch of holes
cingule
cingulum
strip
crown stay bolt
draft bar
drag bar
drag link
draught bar
draw link
draw rod
drawbar
nutted rod
pull-back bar
pull-rod
rod in tension
tension bar
tension link
tension rod
tie rod
bed timber
cross sleeper
series
system
binder
binding joist
binding rod
bracing
stay bolt
tie bar
tie-bar
tie-rod
track rod
train arm
node
affixture
chain connection
rail bearing
articulate
association trail
catenate
catenation
concatenate
concatenation
conjunction
connected
connective
coupled
embody
fit together
hookup
interconnection
interface
interlinkage
linkage
linking
mate
siamese
together
join together
tie in a bundle
entangle
harden
make strong
be wrapped up
tying
lock together
pull
stitch
hold together
stalemate
fasten with knots
tie a knot in
hobble
neighbour
abut
border
localise
localize
march
alliance
dressing
roller bandage
swathe
clinch
dress
lash together
rack
slur
strike
four-in-hand
string tie
complect
annex
ascribe
assimilate
bridge
bring together
colligate
combine
comfit
compound
couple on
fuse
immingle
integrate
interconnect
merge
mix
piece
pool
pull together
put through
put together
relate
summate
tee
tie in
totalise
totalize
twin
unify
weld
plait
decree
sleeper railroad tie
bow tie
tie score
tied
plug in
begin
engage
pawn
start
take up
sport tie
connexion
kinship
burden
fardel
arrive
gauze bandage
wrapping
bundle up
bring
carry
conduct
lead
region
zone
commit
bound
fetters
restrict
form
bund
black tie
rope up
belay
chain up
enchain
hog-tie
pinion
mortise
inveigle
lead astray
misguide
bear
put on
wear
hold
build a house
make
set up
tow
sash
bouquet
bunch
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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