TIE

link, linkup, tie, tie-in

(noun) a fastener that serves to join or connect; “the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction”

necktie, tie

(noun) neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front; “he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie”; “he wore a vest and tie”

tie

(noun) a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied; “he needed a tie for the packages”

tie, tie beam

(noun) a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; “he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam”

tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper

(noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; “the British call a railroad tie a sleeper”

tie

(noun) (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

draw, standoff, tie

(noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; “the game ended in a draw”; “their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie”

affiliation, association, tie, tie-up

(noun) a social or business relationship; “a valuable financial affiliation”; “he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team”; “many close associations with England”

tie

(noun) equality of score in a contest

tie

(verb) form a knot or bow in; “tie a necktie”

tie

(verb) limit or restrict to; “I am tied to UNIX”; “These big jets are tied to large airports”

tie, draw

(verb) finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; “The teams drew a tie”

tie, bind

(verb) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; “They tied their victim to the chair”

connect, link, tie, link up

(verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; “Can you connect the two loudspeakers?”; “Tie the ropes together”; “Link arms”

tie

(verb) unite musical notes by a tie

tie

(verb) make by tying pieces together; “The fishermen tied their flies”

marry, wed, tie, splice

(verb) perform a marriage ceremony; “The minister married us on Saturday”; “We were wed the following week”; “The couple got spliced on Hawaii”

bind, tie, attach, bond

(verb) create social or emotional ties; “The grandparents want to bond with the child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

tie (plural ties)

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.

Synonym: necktie

The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

Synonym: draw

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 strong connection between people or groups of people.

Synonym: bond

(construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

(rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.

Synonym: sleeper (British)

(cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).

(sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

(music) 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.

Coordinate term: slur

(statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.

(surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

(graph theory) A connection between two vertices.

A tiewig.

Usage notes

• In cricket, a tie and a draw are not the same. See Result (cricket).

• In music, not to be confused with a slur.

Etymology 2

Verb

tie (third-person singular simple present ties, present participle tying, simple past and past participle tied)

(transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

(transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.

(transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.

(transitive) To secure (something) by string or the like.

(transitive or intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.

(US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.

(music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

(US, dated, colloquial) To believe; to credit.

(programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.

Synonyms

• fasten

• link

• bind

Antonyms

• unfasten

• untie

Anagrams

• -ite, EIT, ETI, ITE, TEI

Source: Wiktionary

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Tie, n.; pl. Ties. Etym: [AS. tege, t, tige. *64. See Tie, v. t.]

1. A knot; a fastening.

2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. Young.

3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. Young.

4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

5. (Arch. & Engin.)

Definition: 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.

6. (Mus.)

Definition: 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.

7. pl.

Definition: Low shoes fastened with lacings. Bale tie, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.

Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied (Obs. Tight (); p. pr. & vb. n. Tying.] Etym: [OE. ti, teyen, AS. tigan, tiégan, fr. teág, teáh, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. teón to draw, to pull. See Tug, v. t., and cf. Tow to drag.]

1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "Tie the kine to the cart." 1 Sam. vi. 7. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Prov. vi. 20,21.

2. 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. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument." Bp. Burnet.

3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. In bond of virtuous love together tied. Fairfax.

4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. Not tied to rules of policy, you find Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. Dryden.

5. (Mus.)

Definition: To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with. To ride and tie. See under Ride.

– To tie down. (a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising. (b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.

– To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action.

Tie, v. i.

Definition: To make a tie; to make an equal score.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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