tie

v. bind, fasten with a rope or cord

n. necktie; rope, cord; link, connection; equal score in a game

Tie or TIE may refer to:Necktie, a piece of cloth hanging around the neck for fashion Railroad tie, an oblong object used as a base for railroad railsCable tie, a plastic strap used for securing cablesTie (engineering), a strong component designed to keep two objects closely linked togetherTie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sportsTie (soccer), historical parlance in the UK , describing the meeting of two teams in a competition match, without reference to the final scoreTie (music), a musical notation symbol joining two notes without a breakTIE fighter, from Star WarsThe Indus Entrepreneurs, TiE, a global entrepreneurs organizationTransport initiatives edinburgh (tie) An Edinburgh based public transport company. Thurber Improv Entertainers, an Improv team from Red Deer, Alberta CanadaTake It Easy, a team order in the game BattrickTake It Ease, as in "TIE Association" Lawrence, KansasTheatre In Education, a form of Applied DramaTyrosine kinase with Ig and EGF homology domains, in biochemistry, a member of the receptor tyrosine kinase family of cell surface receptorsTIE (name), a Chinese family name translated from Foo Chow dialet meaning Pond or Pool.TIE ONE THR, the graffiti alias of Jonathan Lim, a San Francisco writer who was shot and killed by photographer William Porter while climbing a building to paint.Twist tie, a common kind of fastenerAn International Tennis Federation synonym for a match between two countries in Davis Cup or Federation Cup play. The unusual use of the word 'tie' is to avoid confusion, since a 'tie' will consist of 5 matches: two singles, one doubles and usually a reverse two singles.
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The Indus Entrepreneurs or TiE is a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, California, USA by a group of businessmen and entrepreneurs of Indian Origin led by Dr. Suhas Patil. Though its name signifies the ethnic South Asian or Indus roots of the founders, TiE, as the founders claim, stands for Talent, Ideas and Enterprise. The next chapters, Boston and Los Angeles, were founded in 1997. The first chapters in India were Bangalore and Mumbai, which were founded in 1999. Currently, TiE has more than forty chapters in nine countries.
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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) necktie
(hypernym) neckwear
(hyponym) bolo tie, bolo, bola tie, bola
2. 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"
(synonym) affiliation, association, tie-up
(hypernym) relationship
(derivation) bind, attach, bond
3. 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"
(synonym) draw, standoff
(hypernym) finish
(hyponym) dead heat
(derivation) draw
4. a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam"
(synonym) tie beam
(hypernym) beam
5. a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
(synonym) link, linkup, tie-in
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(hyponym) bridge, nosepiece
(derivation) connect, link, link up
6. equality of score in a contest
(hypernym) equality, equivalence, equation, par
(hyponym) deuce
7. (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
(hypernym) slur
(classification) music
8. one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
(synonym) railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper
(hypernym) brace, bracing
(part-holonym) railroad track, railroad, railway
9. a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages"
(hypernym) cord
(hyponym) drawstring, drawing string, string
(derivation) bind
Verb
1. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
(synonym) bind
(antonym) untie, unbrace, unlace
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(hyponym) gag, muzzle
(see-also) tie down, tie up, bind, truss
2. finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie"
(synonym) draw
(hypernym) equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
(entail) play
(derivation) draw, standoff
3. limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"
(hypernym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
(derivation) affiliation, association, tie-up
4. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
(synonym) connect, link, link up
(hyponym) join, conjoin
(derivation) link, linkup, tie-in
5. form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie"
(hypernym) shape, form
(derivation) necktie
6. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
(synonym) bind, attach, bond
(hypernym) relate
(hyponym) fixate
(derivation) affiliation, association, tie-up
7. perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
(synonym) marry, wed, splice
(hypernym) officiate
(hyponym) solemnize, solemnise
(verb-group) marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
8. make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their flies"
(hypernym) fashion, forge
(derivation) tying, ligature
9. unite musical notes by a tie
(hypernym) connect, link, link up

(v. t.)
To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
  

(v. t.)
To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
  

(v. t.)
To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
  

(v. t.)
To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
  

(v. t.)
Low shoes fastened with lacings.
  

(v. t.)
An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
A knot; a fastening.
  

(v. t.)
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
  

(v. t.)
A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. i.)
To make a tie; to make an equal score.
  

Acronym for time interval error.

The time difference between a real clock and an ideal uniform time scale, after a time interval following perfect synchronization between the clock and the scale.