tying, ligature
(noun) the act of tying or binding things together
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
tying (plural tyings)
Action of the verb to tie; ligature.
(mining) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
tying
present participle of tie
Source: Wiktionary
Ty"ing,
Definition: p. pr. of Tie.
Ty"ing, n. (Mining)
Definition: The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
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
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
