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Tied

adjective

1.

Bound or secured closely. Synonym: trussed. "A trussed chicken"

2.

Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection.

3.

Fastened with strings or cords. Synonym: fastened.

4.

Closed with a lace. Synonym: laced.

5.

Of the score in a contest. Synonyms: even, level.

Tie

verb

(past & past part. tied, obs. tight; pres. part. tying)

1.

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord. Synonym: bind.

2.

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.. Synonym: draw.

3.

Limit or restrict to. "These big jets are tied to large airports"

4.

Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces. Synonyms: connect, link, link up. "Tie the ropes together" , "Link arms"

5.

Form a knot or bow in.

6.

Create social or emotional ties. Synonyms: attach, bind, bond.

7.

Perform a marriage ceremony. Synonyms: marry, splice, wed. "We were wed the following week" , "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

8.

Make by tying pieces together.

9.

Unite musical notes by a tie.

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"Tied" Quotes from Famous Books

... anywhere else. The hills are covered for leagues with olive trees, and the oil's bad; there are no such lovely cattle elsewhere in the world, and the butter's bad; half the country people are shepherds, but there's no mutton; half the old women walk about with a pig tied to their waists, but there's no pork; the vine grows wild anywhere, and the wine would make my teeth drop out of my head if I took a glass of it; there are no strawberries, no oranges, no melons, the cherries are as hard as their stones, the beans only good for horses, or Jack ...

— Hortus Inclusus - Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days - to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston • John Ruskin

... tied in the true holiday spirit—sprigs of cedar and holly caught in the ribands; and he now lifted and held it out to her as a jeweller might elevate a casket of gems. Then he stepped forward and put it on the ...

— Bride of the Mistletoe • James Lane Allen

... Brooks, but he would like to know who would be so bold as to undertake to present it to him! Another officer suggested that the horse might be saddled and bridled and hitched in front of the general's quarters during the night, with a note tied to the bridle stating for whom it was designed, ...

— Three Years in the Sixth Corps • George T. Stevens

... of oak, carved, inlaid, and plain, which were in some cases rendered more comfortable by having cushions tied to the backs and seats, the upholstered chair, which we have seen had been brought from Venice in the early part of the reign of James I., now came into general use. Few appear to have survived, but there are still ...

— Illustrated History of Furniture - From the Earliest to the Present Time • Frederick Litchfield

... glittering collars, bracelets, and ear ornaments of polished copper and brass. When he joined us his sole costume was a negligent two-foot strip of cotton cloth. After he had received his official jersey, he carefully tied the cloth over his wonderful head; nor as far as we knew did he again remove it until the end of the expedition. All his movements were inexpressibly graceful. They reminded one somehow of Flaxman's drawings ...

— African Camp Fires • Stewart Edward White

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