| tie | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. necktie, tie | 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" |
| ~ bola, bola tie, bolo, bolo tie | a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie. |
| ~ bow-tie, bow tie, bowtie | a man's tie that ties in a bow. |
| ~ four-in-hand | a long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other. |
| ~ neckwear | articles of clothing worn about the neck. |
| ~ old school tie | necktie indicating the school the wearer attended. |
| ~ string tie | a very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow. |
| ~ windsor tie | a wide necktie worn in a loose bow. |
| n. (state) | 2. affiliation, association, tie, tie-up | a social or business relationship.; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" |
| ~ relationship | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. |
| n. (state) | 3. tie | equality of score in a contest. |
| ~ equivalence, equality, equation, par | a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced.; "on a par with the best" |
| ~ deuce | a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. tie, tie beam | a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating.; "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam" |
| ~ beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. link, linkup, tie, tie-in | a fastener that serves to join or connect.; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" |
| ~ nosepiece, bridge | the link between two lenses; rests on the nose. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| n. (event) | 6. draw, standoff, tie | 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" |
| ~ finish | designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race).; "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish" |
| ~ dead heat | a tie in a race. |
| ~ stalemate | drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check. |
| n. (communication) | 7. tie | (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value. |
| ~ slur | (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tie | one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" |
| ~ bracing, brace | a structural member used to stiffen a framework. |
| ~ railroad track, railroad, railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels.; "he walked along the railroad track" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. tie | a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied.; "he needed a tie for the packages" |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ drawing string, drawstring, string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening.; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" |
| v. (contact) | 10. bind, tie | fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair" |
| ~ gag, muzzle | tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them.; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" |
| ~ retie | tie again or anew.; "retie the string and make it strong enough now" |
| ~ bind off, tie up | finish the last row. |
| ~ loop | fasten or join with a loop.; "He looped the watch through his belt" |
| ~ cord | bind or tie with a cord. |
| ~ lash together | bind together with a cord or rope.; "Lash together these barrels!" |
| ~ truss | tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it. |
| ~ leash, rope | fasten with a rope.; "rope the bag securely" |
| ~ strap | tie with a strap. |
| ~ knot | tie or fasten into a knot.; "knot the shoelaces" |
| ~ lash | bind with a rope, chain, or cord.; "lash the horse" |
| ~ band | bind or tie together, as with a band. |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ lace up, lace | draw through eyes or holes.; "lace the shoelaces" |
| v. (competition) | 11. draw, tie | finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..; "The teams drew a tie" |
| ~ equalise, equalize, equal, equate, match | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| v. (change) | 12. tie | limit or restrict to.; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| v. (contact) | 13. connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ ground | connect to a ground.; "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ daisy-chain | connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer. |
| ~ tie | unite musical notes by a tie. |
| ~ interconnect, interlink | cause to be interconnected or interwoven. |
| ~ tee | connect with a tee.; "tee two pipes" |
| ~ put through | connect by telephone.; "the operator put a call through to Rio" |
| ~ hitch | connect to a vehicle:.; "hitch the trailer to the car" |
| ~ hang together, interdepend | be connected.; "In my heart I can make the world hang together" |
| ~ bridge, bridge over | connect or reduce the distance between. |
| v. (change) | 14. tie | form a knot or bow in.; "tie a necktie" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| v. (social) | 15. attach, bind, bond, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
| ~ relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| ~ fixate | attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way.; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40" |
| ~ befriend | become friends with.; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?" |
| v. (social) | 16. marry, splice, tie, wed | perform a marriage ceremony.; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" |
| ~ officiate | act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding.; "Who officiated at your wedding?" |
| ~ get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed, conjoin, espouse | take in marriage. |
| ~ solemnise, solemnize | perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies. |
| v. (creation) | 17. tie | make by tying pieces together.; "The fishermen tied their flies" |
| ~ fashion, forge | make out of components (often in an improvising manner).; "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" |
| v. (contact) | 18. tie | unite musical notes by a tie. |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| knot | | |
| n. (group) | 1. knot | a tight cluster of people or things.; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" |
| ~ bunch, clump, cluster, clustering | a grouping of a number of similar things.; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. knot | any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object. |
| ~ barrel knot, blood knot | a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times. |
| ~ bow, bowknot | a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces. |
| ~ carrick bend | a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers. |
| ~ clove hitch | a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ figure eight, figure of eight | a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose. |
| ~ fisherman's bend | a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring. |
| ~ fisherman's knot, truelove knot, true lover's knot | a knot for tying the ends of two lines together. |
| ~ gordian knot | an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia. |
| ~ half hitch | a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double. |
| ~ hawser bend | a knot uniting the ends of two lines. |
| ~ hitch | a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot. |
| ~ loop knot | any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope. |
| ~ love knot, lover's knot, lovers' knot, true lover's knot, true lovers' knot | a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love. |
| ~ overhand knot | a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots). |
| ~ prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate | a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage. |
| ~ sheepshank | a knot for shortening a line. |
| ~ slipknot | a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made. |
| ~ square knot | a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords. |
| ~ stopper knot | a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole. |
| ~ surgeon's knot | any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures. |
| ~ turk's head | an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban. |
| n. (substance) | 3. knot | a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged.; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| ~ plank, board | a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes. |
| n. (shape) | 4. gnarl, knot | something twisted and tight and swollen.; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" |
| ~ distorted shape, distortion | a shape resulting from distortion. |
| n. (quantity) | 5. air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile | a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude. |
| ~ nautical linear unit | a linear unit of distance used in navigation. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. burl, knot, slub | soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design. |
| ~ raggedness, roughness | a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven. |
| n. (animal) | 7. calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knot | a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere. |
| ~ sandpiper | any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers. |
| ~ calidris, genus calidris | a genus of Scolopacidae. |
| v. (creation) | 8. knot | make into knots; make knots out of.; "She knotted her fingers" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ macrame | make knotted patterns.; "macrame a plant holder" |
| v. (contact) | 9. knot | tie or fasten into a knot.; "knot the shoelaces" |
| ~ tie, bind | fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair" |
| v. (contact) | 10. knot, ravel, tangle | tangle or complicate.; "a ravelled story" |
| ~ enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, entwine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| leash | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. lead, leash, tether | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | a device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. 3, deuce-ace, iii, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. |
| ~ digit, figure | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration.; "0 and 1 are digits" |
| n. (act) | 3. collar, leash | a figurative restraint.; "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash" |
| ~ restraint | the act of controlling by restraining someone or something.; "the unlawful restraint of trade" |
| v. (contact) | 4. leash, rope | fasten with a rope.; "rope the bag securely" |
| ~ tie, bind | fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.; "They tied their victim to the chair" |
| tether | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. tether | tie with a tether.; "tether horses" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
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