Tie

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tie \Tie\, v. i.
     To make a tie; to make an equal score.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[=e]ge, t?ge, t[imac]ge.
     [root]64. See {Tie}, v. t.]
     1. A knot; a fastening.
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     2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties
        of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
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              No distance breaks the tie of blood.  --Young.
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     3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young.
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     4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which
        prevents either party from being victorious; equality in
        any contest, as a race.
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     5. (Arch. & Engin.) 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.
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     6. (Mus.) 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.
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     7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings.
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     {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tie \Tie\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[imac]gan,
     ti['e]gan, fr. te['a]g, te['a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug,
     and AS. te['o]n 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.
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              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.
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     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.
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     3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
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              In bond of virtuous love together tied. --Fairfax.
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     4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as
        by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to
        confine.
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              Not tied to rules of policy, you find
              Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. --Dryden.
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     5. (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved
        line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
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     6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even
        with.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tie
       n 1: 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" [syn: {necktie}]
       2: 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" [syn: {affiliation}, {association}, {tie-up}]
       3: 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" [syn: {draw}, {standoff}]
       4: a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural
          members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the
          rafters together with a tie beam" [syn: {tie beam}]
       5: a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held
          together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during
          construction" [syn: {link}, {linkup}, {tie-in}]
       6: equality of score in a contest
       7: (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates
          that the note is to be sustained for their combined time
          value
       8: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
          track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: {railroad
          tie}, {crosstie}, {sleeper}]
       9: a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which
          something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages"
       v 1: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied
            their victim to the chair" [syn: {bind}] [ant: {untie}]
       2: finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
          "The teams drew a tie" [syn: {draw}]
       3: limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets
          are tied to large airports"
       4: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can
          you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes
          together"; "Link arms" [syn: {connect}, {link}, {link up}]
          [ant: {disconnect}]
       5: form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie"
       6: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
          bond with the child" [syn: {bind}, {attach}, {bond}]
       7: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
          Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple
          got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: {marry}, {wed}, {splice}]
       8: make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their
          flies"
       9: unite musical notes by a tie
       [also: {tying}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  460 Moby Thesaurus words for "tie":
     Roman collar, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, accent, accent mark,
     accord, accouple, accumulate, addition, adherence, adhesion,
     adjunct, affairs, affiliate, affiliation, affinity, agent,
     agglomeration, agglutinate, agglutination, aggregation, allegiance,
     alliance, ally, amass, amount to, anchor, apply, approximation,
     armory, articulate, articulation, assemblage, assemble, associate,
     association, assurance, attach, attachment, badge, badge of office,
     badges, balance, band, bandage, bandanna, bar, baton, batten,
     batten down, be consistent, be logical, belay, belt, bend, bertha,
     bind, bind up, blazonry, boa, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, bowtie,
     brace, bracket, bracketing, brassard, break even, bridge,
     bridge over, bridle, broker, bundle, button, button-down collar,
     cancel, cap and gown, cause, cause to, celluloid collar, cement,
     chain, chain of office, character, choke, choker, cinch,
     clap together, class ring, clerical collar, clinch, clog,
     closeness, clustering, cockade, coeval, coexistent, coincide,
     collar, collect, combination, combine, come to, come up to,
     comforter, commit, communication, compel, comprise, concatenate,
     concatenation, concomitant, concourse, concurrence, confine,
     confirm, confluence, congeries, conglobulate, conglomeration,
     conjoin, conjugate, conjugation, conjunction, connect,
     connectedness, connection, constancy, constrain, contemporary,
     contiguity, contrariety, convergence, coordinate, copulate,
     copulation, cord, correlate, correspond, couple, coupling, cover,
     cramp, cravat, cross, curb, curtail, custos, dead heat, deadlock,
     dealings, decoration, deduction, devotedness, devotion, direct,
     disjunction, distributor, ditto, do up, dog collar, dot, draw,
     draw a parallel, dress, drive, eagle, elate, emblems, embrace,
     enchain, encompass, enforce, engage, ensigns, entanglement,
     entrammel, equal, equality, equate, even, even break, even off,
     expression mark, fair shake, faith, faithfulness, fasces, fasten,
     fasten down, fastener, fastening, fealty, fermata, fetter,
     fidelity, figurehead, filiation, firmness, fit in, fleur-de-lis,
     force, four-in-hand, fur, gather, gathering, gird, girdle, girt,
     girth, glue, go-between, good faith, guarantee, guaranty, guimpe,
     gyve, halt, hammer and sickle, hamper, handcuff, have, heraldry,
     hinder, hitch, hobble, hog-tie, hold, homage, homology, hookup,
     hopple, identify, impel, impose on, include, indemnity, insignia,
     insurance, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking,
     intermediary, intermedium, interrelate, intimacy, involvement,
     jobber, join, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, keep busy,
     keep pace with, kerchief, key signature, knot, knotted score,
     knotting, lace, lapel pin, lash, lay together, lead, league, leash,
     liaison, ligament, ligature, limit, line, link, linkage, linking,
     livery, loyalty, lump together, mace, make, make fast,
     make imperative, make incumbent, make secure, make sense,
     make sure, manacle, mantle, mark, markings, marriage, marry,
     marshal, mass, match, match up with, mate, measure, measure up,
     measure up to, medal, mediary, mediator, medium, meet, meeting,
     merge, merger, merging, metronomic mark, middleman, mobilize, moor,
     mortarboard, muffler, mutual attraction, nail down, nearness,
     neck-and-neck race, neckband, neckcloth, neckerchief, neckpiece,
     necktie, nexus, notation, obligate, oblige, occupy, old school tie,
     pair, pairing, parallel, parallelize, pause, peg down,
     photo finish, picket, piece together, pin, pin down, pinion,
     pledge, plunging neckline, presa, propinquity, proximity,
     put in irons, put together, rapport, reach, regalia, relate,
     relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, relativize,
     require, restrain, restrict, ribbon, ring, rival, rivet,
     roll into one, rope, rose, ruff, run abreast, run to, saddle with,
     scarf, school ring, secure, security, segno, shackle, shamrock,
     shoelace, sigillography, sign, signature, similarity,
     skull and crossbones, sleeper, slur, solder, span, sphragistics,
     splice, stack up with, staff, stalemate, standoff, staunchness,
     steadfastness, stick together, stock, stocks and bonds, stole,
     stop, straitjacket, strap, string, surety, swaddle, swastika,
     swathe, swell, symbiosis, symbol, sympathy, take in, take up,
     tallith, tape, tartan, team up, tempo mark, tether, the same,
     thistle, thong, tie down, tie in, tie up, tie-in, tie-up,
     tight-fisted, time signature, tippet, touch, trammel, troth,
     true blue, trueness, truss, truss up, tucker, unification, uniform,
     unify, union, unite, use, use force upon, verge, vinculum, wand,
     warrant, warranty, wed, weld, wholesaler, wire, wrap, wrap up,
     yoke, yoking
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  TIE
       Terminal Interface Equipment
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TIE. When two persons receive an equal number of votes at an election, there 
  is said to be a tie. 
       2. In that case neither is elected. When the votes are given on any 
  question to be decided by a deliberative assembly, and there is a tie, the 
  question is lost. Vide Majority.