tie
/taɪ/
tie noun: a knot; a fastening.
Noun
tie (plural ties)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- necktie
- A lace-up shoe.
- Oxford ties; Derby ties
- […] the tip of her russet boot almost grazed that of his Oxford tie.1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Makes a Sunday Afternoon Call”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 24
- 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
- Synonyms:
- bond
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- sleeper
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- draw
- 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).
- I thought José was still a point down. I thought he needed another takedown to tie and pull ahead, so I ordered José to let his man up. I looked up too late, realizing that José already scored a tie. By that point, the New Jersey champion got his ...2010, Scott Glabb, A Saint in the City: Coaching At-risk Kids to Be Champions, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 146
- […] game in the championships shouldering a vast disadvantage and was in due course defeated by Egyetértés, one of the newcomers in the first league. Eger, the other novice in the championships, also took off successfully scoring a tie with the Ruha ETO.1971, Budapress News Service, Budapress Bulletin, volume 10, issues 27-52, page 8
- 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.
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- 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/.
- Wikipedia: tie (typography)
- 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.
- [H]e ordered his boarders and apartments to be dished out for the occasion, spared no pains in adorning his own person, and in particular employed a whole hour in adjusting a voluminous tye, in which he proposed to make his appearance.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
Verb
tie (third-person singular simple present ties, present participle tying, simple past and past participle tied)
- 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.
- In bond of virtuous love together tied.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...
- To secure (something) by string or the like.
- Tie your shoes.
- Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.1660, [John] Dryden, Astraea Redux
- 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.
- […] It seems they have sort of betrothal teas — can you tie it?"
"Heavens!" said Mary […]1929, Collier's, volume 84, page 56 - As the door slammed Pete turned to Hally, fuming. "Can you tie that? A little twopenny cold frightening him off."1940, Woman's Home Companion, volume 67, numbers 1-4, page 134
- […] It seems they have sort of betrothal teas — can you tie it?"
- In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- So, a class for tying a hash to an ISAM implementation might provide an extra method to traverse a set of keys sequentially (the “S” of ISAM), since your typical DBM implementation can't do that.2000, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl: 3rd Edition, page 814
tie meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tie in Hindi
- to attach or fasten with string
- छांदना chāndnā, बांधना bāndhnā
tie in Tamil
- கட்டு, கழுத்துப்பட்டை, கழுத்துக்கட்டி, சமன்
tie in Marathi
- to tie, fasten
- बांधणे bāndhṇe
tie in Urdu
- to tie; fasten
- باندھنا bāndhnā
- to tie; wrap around
- باندھنا bāndhnā
More languagesFewer languages
- tie in Bengali
- বাঁধা bãdha, বন্ধন bondhon
- tie in Telugu
- కట్టు kaṭṭu, బంధించు bandhiñcu
- tie in Malayalam
- സമനില samanila
- tie in Kannada
- ಗುದಿ, ಗುದುಗೆ, ಗುದುಪು, ಗುದಿಗೆ
- tie in Punjabi
- ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ bannhṇā, بنھنا bannhṇā
- tie in Gujarati
- બાંધવું bā̃dhvũ
- tie in Odia
- ବାନ୍ଧିବା bāndhibā
- tie in Sanskrit
- ग्रन्थ् granth, ग्रन्थयति granthayati, आबन्ध ābandha, अंशुक aṃśuka
- tie in Assamese
- বন্ধা bondha, বান্ধা bandha
- tie in Nepali
- बाँध्नु bā̃dhnu, गाँठ्नु gā̃ṭhnu
- tie in Pashto
- تړل taṛə́l
- tie in Tagalog
- gapos, gapusin
- tie in Arabic
- تَعَادُل taʕādul, رَبَطَ rabaṭa, أَسَرَ ʔasara
- tie in Malay
- ikat
- tie in Indonesian
- ikat, mengikat
- tie in Persian
- بستن bastan
- tie in Thai
- ความสัมพันธ์ kwaam-sǎm-pan, สายสัมพันธ์, โยง yoong
- tie in Vietnamese
- cột, trói
- tie in Myanmar
- ချည် hkyany, တုပ် tup
Examples of tie in a sentence
- Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.
- Senator investigating ties between drug dealers and the CIA.2004, Peter Bondanella, chapter 4, in Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, pages 231–232:
Synonyms of tie
Antonyms
Forms of tie
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ties |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ties |
| present participle | tying |
| past participle | tied |
| past | tied |
Origin of tie
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.
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.
Words formed from tie
- angle tie
- ascot tie
- black-tie
- bolo tie
- bootlace tie
- bowtie
- bread tie
- cable tie
- chain tie
- cross-tie
- cup tie
- gut-tie
- hair tie
- kipper tie
- Oxford tie
- power tie
- railroad tie
- railway tie
- school tie
- shoelace tie
- shoe-tie
- soul tie
- statistical tie
- string tie
- suit and tie
- tiebar
- tie bar
- tie beam
- tiebeam
- tie belt
- tiebreak
- tie breaker
- tiebreaker
- tiebreaking
- tie bush
- tie clasp
- tie clip
- tiedown
- tieless
- tiemaker
- tiemaking
- tie-out
- tie periwig
- tiepin
- tie plate
- tieplate
- tie rod
- tie tack
- tie that binds
- tie-up
- tie wire
- tie wrap
- twisty tie
- two-legged tie
- undertie
- wanty
- white tie
- white-tie
- zip tie
- intertie
Phrases with tie
41 more phrasesFewer phrases
- tie down
- tie into
- tie over
- tie pins
- tie rods
- tie tacs
- black tie
- tie beams
- tie belts
- tie break
- tie clips
- tie downs
- tie tacks
- tie wires
- tie wraps
- twist tie
- tie breaks
- tie bushes
- tie clasps
- tie one on
- tie plates
- tongue tie
- tie and dye
- tie in with
- ride and tie
- tick and tie
- tie breakers
- tie in knots
- tie periwigs
- tie the knot
- tie down strap
- tie a can to it
- tie down straps
- Sherman's bow tie
- tie hand and foot
- tie up loose ends
- tie someone's hands
- tie someone's tubes
- tie oneself in knots
- tie oneself to the mast
- tie oneself up in knots
Words that rhyme with tie
Questions about tie
- What does tie mean?
- Tie means a knot; a fastening.
- What is tie in Hindi?
- Tie in Hindi is छांदना (chāndnā), बांधना (bāndhnā). See Tie meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use tie in a sentence?
- Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.
- What part of speech is tie?
- Tie can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tie?
- Tie is pronounced /taɪ/.
- What is the plural of tie?
- The plural of tie is ties.
Words near tie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tie (page history and authors); tie (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बांधणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); باندھنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); বন্ধন (Bengali) (page history and authors); కట్టు (Telugu) (page history and authors); tie (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بنھنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); બાંધવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); अंशुक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); गाँठ्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors); تړل (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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