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Tie

noun
/taɪ/
Word Frequency: 12.9

Definitions

1.nounA knot; a fastening.
2.nounA knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
3.nounA necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
4.nounThe situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
"It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score."
5.nounA twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
6.nounA strong connection between people or groups of people.
"the sacred ties of friendship or of duty"
7.nounA structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
"Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes."
8.nounA horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
9.nounThe situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
10.nounA meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
"The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957."
11.nounA curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
12.nounOne or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
13.nounA bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
14.nounA connection between two vertices.
15.nounA tiewig.

Synonyms

bonddrawnecktiesleeperbindtie beamcrosstierailroad tiestandoffconnectlinkuptie-up

Rhymes With

wryexemplifyrectifyhighlieapplyfortifyawry
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