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tie

Phonetics

/taɪ/

noun

A knot; a fastening.
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
Example: It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
A strong connection between people or groups of people.
Example: the sacred ties of friendship or of duty
A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
Example: Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
Example: The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
A 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.
One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
A connection between two vertices.
A tiewig.

Phonetics

/taɪ/

verb

To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
Example: Tie the rope to this tree.
To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
Example: Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
Example: Tie him to the tree.
To secure (something) by string or the like.
Example: Tie your shoes.
To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
Example: They tied for third place.
To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
Example: He tied me for third place.
To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
To believe; to credit.
In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.