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UK
/tˈaɪ/
]
[ US /ˈtaɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈtaɪ/ ]
VERB
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fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
They tied their victim to the chair -
perform a marriage ceremony
The minister married us on Saturday
We were wed the following week
The couple got spliced on Hawaii - unite musical notes by a tie
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make by tying pieces together
The fishermen tied their flies -
finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
The teams drew a tie -
create social or emotional ties
The grandparents want to bond with the child -
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
Link arms
Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
Tie the ropes together -
form a knot or bow in
tie a necktie -
limit or restrict to
I am tied to UNIX
These big jets are tied to large airports
NOUN
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one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
the British call a railroad tie a sleeper - equality of score in a contest
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a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam -
a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
he needed a tie for the packages -
a social or business relationship
many close associations with England
he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
a valuable financial affiliation -
a fastener that serves to join or connect
the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction - (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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the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
the game ended in a draw -
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
he wore a vest and tie
he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
How To Use tie In A Sentence
- The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
- There were 42 free-kicks, two penalties, four bookings and three players sent off, two of whom had to be escorted from the pitch by police.
- Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
- Demos they may be but these Hazlewood rarities are rounded, rustic country songs: lustrous and lustful, quirkily and dryly humorous, yet poignant stories from the other side of love.
- You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
- The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- An empty plastic 2 litre bottle is tied to a rock, or bag of stones with strong twine or string.
