tie.
A knot; a fastening.
Meaning & usage
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.
A lace-up shoe.
Oxford ties; Derby ties
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 connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
the sacred ties of friendship or of duty
the ties of allegiance; the ties that bind
A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
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.
A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
A connection between two vertices.
A tiewig.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English teye (“cord, chain”), from Old English tēag, tēah (“cord, chain”), from Proto-West Germanic *taugu, from Proto-Germanic *taugō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Compare Danish tov, Icelandic taug.
To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
Tie the rope to this tree.
To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
Tie him to the tree.
To secure (something) by string or the like.
Tie your shoes.
To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
They tied for third place.
They tied the game.
To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
He tied me for third place.
To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
To believe; to credit.
In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English teien, teiȝen, from Old English tīġan, tīeġan, from Proto-West Germanic *taugijan, from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to tug, draw”). Cognate with Icelandic teygja.
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