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Definition of 'tied'

adjective

Bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken" [syn: trussed, tied]

adjective

Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; "people tied by blood or marriage"

adjective

Fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn: tied, fastened] [ant: unfastened, untied]

adjective

Closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes" [syn: laced, tied] [ant: unlaced, untied]

adjective

Of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn: tied(p), even, level(p)]

Definition of 'Tied'

From: GCIDE

Tie \Tie\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied(Obs. Tight); p. pr. & vb. n. Tying.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[imac]gan, ti['e]gan, fr. te['a]g, te['a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. te['o]n to draw, to pull. See Tug, v. t., and cf. Tow to drag.]
1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "Tie the kine to the cart." --1 Sam. vi. 7. [1913 Webster]
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. --Prov. vi. 20,21. [1913 Webster]
2. To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument." --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. [1913 Webster]
In bond of virtuous love together tied. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. [1913 Webster]
Not tied to rules of policy, you find Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
5. (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them. [1913 Webster]
6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with. [1913 Webster]
To ride and tie. See under Ride.
To tie down. (a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising. (b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.
To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tied'

From: Moby Thesaurus

affiliate,
affiliated,
aground,
alike,
allied,
anchored,
assembled,
associate,
associated,
at par,
au pair,
banded together,
beholden,
beholden to,
bound,
bounden,
bounden to,
bracketed,
caught,
chained,
collateral,
collected,
commensurate,
committed,
conjoined,
conjugate,
connected,
copulate,
correlated,
coupled,
drawn,
duty-bound,
equal,
equalized,
even,
even stephen,
fast,
fastened,
fettered,
fifty-fifty,
fixed,
gathered,
grounded,
half-and-half,
hampered,
hand-in-glove,
hand-in-hand,
handcuffed,
held,
high and dry,
impacted,
implicated,
in bonds,
in chains,
in duty bound,
in irons,
incorporated,
indebted to,
inextricable,
integrated,
interlinked,
interlocked,
interrelated,
intimate,
involved,
ironbound,
jammed,
joined,
knotted,
leagued,
level,
like,
linked,
manacled,
matched,
mated,
merged,
moored,
nip and tuck,
obligate,
obligated,
obliged,
obliged to,
of that ilk,
of that kind,
on a footing,
on a level,
on a par,
on even ground,
packed,
paired,
par,
parallel,
pledged,
proportionate,
quits,
related,
saddled,
shackled,
spliced,
square,
stalemated,
stranded,
strapped,
stuck,
stuck fast,
tethered,
tied down,
tied up,
trammeled,
transfixed,
twinned,
under obligation,
undivided,
united,
unseparated,
wed,
wedded,
wedged,
yoked

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