tie

Verb

• unite musical notes by a tie

• make by tying pieces together
  • The fishermen tied their flies
    

• perform a marriage ceremony
  • The minister married us on Saturday
    
  • We were wed the following week
    
  • The couple got spliced on Hawaii
    

• create social or emotional ties
  • The grandparents want to bond with the child
    

• form a knot or bow in
  • tie a necktie
    

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
  • Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
    
  • Tie the ropes together
    
  • Link arms
    

• limit or restrict to
  • I am tied to UNIX
    
  • These big jets are tied to large airports
    

• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
  • The teams drew a tie
    

• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
  • They tied their victim to the chair
    

Noun

• a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
  • he needed a tie for the packages
    

• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
  • the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
    

• (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
  • the game ended in a draw
    
  • their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
    

• a fastener that serves to join or connect
  • the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction
    

• a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
  • he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam
    

• equality of score in a contest

• a social or business relationship
  • a valuable financial affiliation
    
  • he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
    
  • many close associations with England
    

• neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
  • he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
    
  • he wore a vest and tie
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  marry , wed , splice , bind , attach , bond , connect , link , link up , draw , railroad tie , crosstie , sleeper , standoff , linkup , tie-in , tie beam , affiliation , association , tie-up , necktie
• Antonyms: 
  disconnect , untie , unbrace , unlace