According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
TIED
trussed, tied
(adjective) bound or secured closely; “the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied”; “a trussed chicken”
laced, tied
(adjective) closed with a lace; “snugly laced shoes”
tied, fastened
(adjective) fastened with strings or cords; “a neatly tied bundle”
tied
(adjective) bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; “people tied by blood or marriage”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
tied (comparative more tied, superlative most tied)
Closely connected or associated.
Restricted.
Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
(sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
(archeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
Verb
tied
simple past tense and past participle of tie
Anagrams
• -tide, DIET, Diet, diet, dite, diĂ«t, edit, edit., tide
Source: Wiktionary
TIE
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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