Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
A knot; a fastening.
- 2transitive verb
A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
- 3transitive verb
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- 4transitive verb
An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
- 5transitive 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.
- 6transitive 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.
- 7transitive verb
Low shoes fastened with lacings.
- 8transitive verb
To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
- 9transitive 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.
- 10transitive verb
To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
- 11transitive verb
To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
- 12transitive verb
To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
- 13transitive verb
To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
- 14intransitive verb
To make a tie; to make an equal score.
- 15noun
a fastener that serves to join or connect
"the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
- 16noun
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
- 17noun
a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
"he needed a tie for the packages"
- 18noun
a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
"he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam"
- 19noun
one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
"the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
- 20noun
(music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- 21noun
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"
- 22noun
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
- 23noun
equality of score in a contest
- 24verb
form a knot or bow in
"tie a necktie"
- 25verb
limit or restrict to
"I am tied to UNIX"
"These big jets are tied to large airports"
- 26verb
finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
"The teams drew a tie"
Synonyms
- 27verb
fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
"They tied their victim to the chair"
Synonyms
- 28verb
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
"Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"
"Tie the ropes together"
- 29verb
unite musical notes by a tie
- 30verb
make by tying pieces together
"The fishermen tied their flies"
- 31verb
perform a marriage ceremony
"The minister married us on Saturday"
"We were wed the following week"
- 32verb
create social or emotional ties
"The grandparents want to bond with the child"
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