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TIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bound or secured closely
Example:
a trussed chicken
Synonyms:
tied; trussed
Classified under:
Similar:
bound (confined by bonds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Closed with a lace
Example:
snugly laced shoes
Synonyms:
laced; tied
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fastened with strings or cords
Example:
a neatly tied bundle
Synonyms:
fastened; tied
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
knotted (tied with a knot)
Antonym:
untied (not tied)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of the score in a contest
Example:
the score is tied
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection
Example:
people tied by blood or marriage
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb tie
Context examples:
"If you don't sit still, you must be tied down," said Bessie.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"There is no quarrelling with you. And when I think of Benwick, my tongue is tied."
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The most unusual thing of all, as it seems to me, is that the lady should be tied to the chair.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It is very neatly tied. I had already made a note to that effect,” said Lestrade complacently.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You know, Joe, he said, that you are not tied down to that laundry.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up with a twig.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My aunt tied the strings of her bonnet (she had come down to breakfast in it), and put on her shawl, as if she were ready for anything that was resolute and uncompromising.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Coat-collars were turned up and handkerchiefs tied round necks, whilst the skins of the two men glistened with the moisture as they stood up to each other once more.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Dementia or Parkinson disease explained only 22 percent of the higher death risk tied to a poor sense of smell, while weight loss explained just six percent of this connection, researchers estimated.
(Declining Sense of Smell Linked to Risk of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth.
(Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star, NASA)
