tie

1. 1

   A knot; a fastening.

2. 2

   A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

3. 3

   A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

4. 4

   A lace-up shoe.

   • Oxford ties; Derby ties
5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   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
7. 7

   A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

   • Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
8. 8

   A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.US

9. 9

   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.
10. 10

    The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).

1. 1

   To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.transitive

   • Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
   • Tie the rope to this tree.
2. 2

   To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.transitive

   • Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
3. 3

   To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.transitive

   • Tie him to the tree.
4. 4

   To secure (something) by string or the like.figurativelysometimestransitive

   • Tie your shoes.
5. 5

   To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.ambitransitive

   • They tied for third place.
   • They tied the game.
6. 6

   To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.UStransitive

   • He tied me for third place.
7. 7

   To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

8. 8

   To believe; to credit.UScolloquialdated

   • […] It seems they have sort of betrothal teas — can you tie it?" "Heavens!" said Mary […]
   • As the door slammed Pete turned to Hally, fuming. "Can you tie that? A little twopenny cold frightening him off."
9. 9

   In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.transitive

   • 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.

syn. fasten · link · bind

ant. unfasten · untie