tied
adjective
[ tʌɪd ]
• fastened or attached with string or similar cord.
• "a neatly tied package"
• (of a game or contest) with both or more competitors or teams achieving the same score.
• "the first tied match in the league"
• (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner.
• "agricultural workers living in tied accommodation"
tie
verb
• attach or fasten with string or similar cord.
• "they tied Max to a chair"
Similar:
bind,
tie up,
tether,
hitch,
strap,
truss,
fetter,
rope,
chain,
make fast,
moor,
lash,
attach,
fasten,
fix,
secure,
join,
connect,
link,
couple,
• restrict or limit (someone) to a particular situation or place.
• "she didn't want to be like her mother, tied to a feckless man"
Similar:
restrict,
restrain,
limit,
constrain,
confine,
cramp,
hamper,
hinder,
impede,
tie down,
interfere with,
slow,
obstruct,
block,
handicap,
hamstring,
shackle,
encumber,
inhibit,
check,
curb,
tie someone's hands,
cramp someone's style,
cumber,
trammel,
• connect; link.
• "more firms are realizing that their fate is tied to the community in which they operate"
Similar:
link,
couple,
connect,
relate,
join,
marry,
wed,
make conditional on,
bind up with,
bundle with,
• achieve the same score or ranking as another competitor or team.
• "Norman needed a par to tie with Nicklaus"
Similar:
draw,
be equal,
be even,
be neck and neck,
be level,
Origin:
Old English tīgan (verb), tēah (noun), of Germanic origin.
