tie

tie is a 3-letter English word with 32 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A knot; a fastening. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 3 · 32 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. A knot; a fastening.
2. transitive verb. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
3. transitive verb. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
4. transitive verb. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
5. transitive verb. A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.
6. transitive verb. A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
7. transitive verb. Low shoes fastened with lacings.
8. transitive verb. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
9. transitive verb. 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.
10. transitive verb. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
11. transitive verb. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
12. transitive verb. To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
13. transitive verb. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
14. intransitive verb. To make a tie; to make an equal score.
15. noun. a fastener that serves to join or connect

    "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"

    Synonyms: link, linkup

16. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: necktie

17. noun. a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied

    "he needed a tie for the packages"

18. noun. a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating

    "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam"

19. noun. one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

    "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"

    Synonyms: crosstie, sleeper

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

    Synonyms: draw, standoff

22. noun. a social or business relationship

    "a valuable financial affiliation"

    "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"

    Synonyms: affiliation, association

23. noun. equality of score in a contest
24. verb. form a knot or bow in

    "tie a necktie"

25. verb. limit or restrict to

    "I am tied to UNIX"

    "These big jets are tied to large airports"

26. verb. finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

    "The teams drew a tie"

    Synonyms: draw

27. verb. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

    "They tied their victim to the chair"

    Synonyms: bind

28. verb. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

    "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"

    "Tie the ropes together"

    Synonyms: connect, link

29. verb. unite musical notes by a tie
30. verb. make by tying pieces together

    "The fishermen tied their flies"

31. verb. perform a marriage ceremony

    "The minister married us on Saturday"

    "We were wed the following week"

    Synonyms: marry, splice, wed

32. verb. create social or emotional ties

    "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

    Synonyms: attach, bind, bond

Synonyms

link, linkup, necktie, crosstie, sleeper, draw, standoff, affiliation, association, bind, connect, marry, splice, wed, attach, bond

Common word forms

tied, tier, ties, tieing, tieless

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