'Tied' definitions:
Definition of 'tied'
From: WordNet
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
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
Words containing 'Tied'
- -ties,
- Tie,
- Ties,
- To tie down,
- To tie up,
- Tying,
- tie down,
- tie in,
- tie up,
- tied up,
- tying up,
- Bale tie,
- Chain tie,
- Intermediate tie,
- To ride and tie,
- black tie,
- bola tie,
- bolo tie,
- bow tie,
- cup tie,
- fit to be tied,
- hog tie,
- railroad tie,
- string tie,
- tie beam,
- tie clip,
- tie rack,
- tie rod,
- tie tack,
- tie-in,
- tie-on,
- tie-up,
- tongue tie,
- tongue tied,
- white tie,
- windsor tie,
- Cross-tie,
- Tie-rod,
- Tongue-tie,
- Tongue-tied,
- White-tie,
- black-tie,
- bow-tie,
- hog-tie,
- old school tie,
- tie-dye,
- white tie and tails