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(verb) form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie" |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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(verb) limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" |
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Related Words: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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(verb) finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie" |
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Synonyms: draw |
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Related Words: equal, equalize |
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(verb) To fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" |
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Synonyms: bind |
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Related Words: band, bind off, cord, fasten, fix, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash together, leash, loop, retie, rope, secure, strap, tie up, truss |
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Antonyms: untie |
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(verb) unite musical notes by a tie |
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Related Words: connect, link, tie |
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(verb) make by tying pieces together: "The fishermen tied their flies" |
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Related Words: fashion, forge |
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(noun) a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages" |
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Related Words: cord, drawstring, string |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: tie beam |
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Related Words: beam |
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(noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" |
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Synonyms: crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper |
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Related Words: brace, bracing |
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(noun) (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value |
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Related Words: slur |
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(verb) create social or emotional ties |
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Synonyms: bind, bond |
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Related Words: befriend, relate |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: necktie |
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Related Words: Windsor tie, bola, bola tie, bolo, bolo tie, bow tie, four-in-hand, neckwear, old school tie, string tie |
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(verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?" "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
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Synonyms: connect, link |
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Related Words: attach, bond, bridge, bridge over, bring together, conjoin, daisy-chain, draw together, ground, hang together, interconnect, interdepend, interlink, join, put through, tee, tie |
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(verb) perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday" |
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Synonyms: marry, wed |
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Related Words: officiate |
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(noun) a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" |
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Synonyms: link, linkup, tie-in |
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Related Words: bridge, fastener, fastening, holdfast, nosepiece |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: affiliation, association, tie-up |
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Related Words: relationship |
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(noun) the situation in a contest in which the winner is undecided at the end; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" |
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Synonyms: draw, standoff |
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Related Words: dead heat, equilibrium, stalemate |
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