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Tying   /tˈaɪɪŋ/   Listen
Tying

noun
1.
The act of tying or binding things together.  Synonym: ligature.



Tie

verb
(past & past part. tied, obs. tight; pres. part. tying)
1.
Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.  Synonym: bind.
2.
Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..  Synonym: draw.
3.
Limit or restrict to.  "These big jets are tied to large airports"
4.
Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.  Synonyms: connect, link, link up.  "Tie the ropes together" , "Link arms"
5.
Form a knot or bow in.
6.
Create social or emotional ties.  Synonyms: attach, bind, bond.
7.
Perform a marriage ceremony.  Synonyms: marry, splice, wed.  "We were wed the following week" , "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
8.
Make by tying pieces together.
9.
Unite musical notes by a tie.



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"Tying" Quotes from Famous Books



... morning came, and the one musical bell began to tinkle, Bertha stood before her open bedroom window, tying her bonnet-ribbons at the glass, in the embarrassing certainty that both her lovers would be waiting outside the church to meet her. This certainty was the less to be endured, because Bertha had the sincerest desire to close ...
— Bulldog And Butterfly - From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray • David Christie Murray

... no intention of saying "Jack Robinson," but he moderated his pace, and helped Tagg over the ground by grasping his arm. They soon saw that two men had pulled the driver off the box, and were holding him down—indeed, tying him hand and foot. Royson prevented the success of this operation by a running kick and an upper cut which placed two Marseillais out of action. Then he essayed to plunge into a fearsome struggle that was going on inside the carriage. Frantic oaths in German ...
— The Wheel O' Fortune • Louis Tracy

... Shall I forsake the road and venture amidst the strange woods beyond? Then she bethought her on what errand she had come, and she trembled no longer, but drew forth her pistols from her holsters, looked well to their priming, placed one under her arm, took the other in her hand, and tying the horse to a tree by the roadside (for, indeed, of what further use was he now?), resolutely directed her ...
— The Day of Wrath • Maurus Jokai

... the stream would bear Crockett's weight. He followed it down a mile or two, when his dogs started up a large flock of turkeys. He shot two of them. They were immensely large, fat, and heavy. Tying their legs together, he slung them over his shoulder, and with this additional burden pressed on his toilsome way. Ere long he became so fatigued that he was compelled to sit down upon a ...
— David Crockett: His Life and Adventures • John S. C. Abbott

... tying it around her shapely limb. Then, of course, Babai must have one, too, and great were our exertions before we bagged an additional ...
— The Cruise of the Kawa • Walter E. Traprock


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