Tied

Definition: Tied

Tied

Adjective

1. Bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken".

2. Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection; "people tied by blood or marriage".

3. Fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle".

4. Closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes".

5. Of the score in a contest; "the score is even".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tied" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Tied

Debt

In debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt; deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent; (not paying); minus, out of pocket.

Duty

Due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to; tied down; compromised; (promised); in duty bound.

Adjective: obligatory, binding; imperative, peremptory; stringent; (severe); behooving; Verb: incumbent on, chargeable on; under obligation; obliged by, bound by, tied by; saddled with.

Crosswords: Tied

Hungarian (thine, thy, your, yours).

I am a man who has never tied his own shoes (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

He just sits there waiting to be gagged and tied. The big dope (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa)

You told me once to forget the past, cause it doesn't matter, but you're the one still tied to the past, Spike (Cowboy Bebop; writing credit: Akihiko Inari)

I'm sorry, I'm a little tied up now. Give me your home number and I'll call you back later Oh, you don't like being called at home (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

He was a fascinating man who discovered electricity, and used it to torture children and green mountain men. And that key he tied to a kite - it opened the gates to Hell (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I use to think I was tied to a heartache (Even The Nights Are Better; performing artist: Air Supply)

My tongue is tied it's crazy (I Get Weak; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle)

Tied to me tight, tie me up again (Crash Into Me; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

And another who tied me down to loverboy rules ("Faith"; performing artist: George Michael)

I can't really help it if my tongue's all tied in knots (FOLLOW YOU DOWN; performing artist: Gin Blossoms)

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen? (references; author: unknown)

A tidy tiger tied a tie tighter to tidy her tiny tail. (references; author: unknown)

Fit to Be Tied (1952)

Tied for Life (1933)

Fit to Be Tied (1931)

Tong Tied (1928)

All Tied Up (1925)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• ... And Well Tied Down: Chile's Press Under Democracy (reference)

• Tied Up in Knots (Another Sommer-Time Story) (reference)

• Tied Up in Tinsel (reference)

• Tongue Tied (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• All Tied Up (reference)

• Tied Up (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Tied to the Wheel (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Captain Myron Graybill next to OCEANOGRAPHER banner Tied up in Long Beach just before scrapping in 1944. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

PEIRCE launch tied up at Sand Key Light Supporting range-azimuth navigation operations. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Shrimp boats tied up just south of the JFK Causeway. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Shrimpers tied up at the Lazaretto Creek Bridge. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Survey launch tied up and fueling at a "home-made" pier. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Tied up alongside salmon-rearing pens for transfer of smolts to the JOHN N. COBB. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Commercial lobster boat tied up at Aquidneck Lobster Co. Credit: Fisheries.

Bringing ice along a shark longliner - a colorful shrimp trawler is tied up forward of the longliner. Note Turtle Excluder Devices (TED's) in the nets. Credit: Fisheries.

Instrument intercomparison with the Indian R/V SAGAR KANYA during INDOEX (RB-99-02). The rigid-hull inflatable boat from the RONALD H. BROWN is tied up alongside the SAGAR KANYA. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

NOAA Ship RUDE tied up at sunset at NOAA's Atlantic Marine Center in Norfolk. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Those are so great, and so strong, in the case of promises, that omnipotency itself can be tied by them. (Second Treatise of Government)

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1938)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He carried in his left hand a small package tied in a handkerchief, with his right he leaned upon a sort of staff cut from a hedge

Once she set the baby down and tied her braids together in back with a string, and the two braids jerked and swung as she worked

I then took my tackling, and fastening a hook to a hole at the prow of each, I tied all the cords together at the end.

With unrelaxed nerves, with morning vigor, sail by it, looking another way, tied to the mast like Ulysses

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Secondary biliary cirrhosis can happen after gallbladder surgery, if the ducts are inadvertently tied off or injured. (references)

Compounds that are most frequently tied to adverse reactions that can be confused with food allergy are yellow dye number 5, monosodium glutamate, and sulfites. (references)

Then a special instrument is used to make a tiny puncture in the skin and stretch the opening so the vas can be cut and tied. This approach produces very little bleeding, and no stitches are needed to close the punctures, which heal quickly by themselves. (references)

Business

Tied loans frequently restrict purchases to the donor country. (references)

Golf is closely tied to high technology in product development. (references)

This growth is important as it is closely tied to the safety and security industries. (references)

Children

Iran

Film clips showed children tied or chained to their beds, in filthy conditions, and without appropriate care. (references)

South Africa

The school funding formula, based on norms and standards tied to physical resources and performance, devotes 60 percent of nonpersonnel resources toward the 40 percent most needy schools. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ethiopia

Several are tied to distinct ethnic groups, especially the Amharas and Oromos, and severely criticize the Government for being ethnocentric. (references)

Economic History

Serbia and Montenegro

Montenegro's history is almost inextricably tied to Serbia's. (references)

Lithuania

For stability purposes it is tied to the U.S. dollar at the rate $1: 4 Litas. (references)

Sri Lanka

New multilateral funding of $270 million will also be tied to the IMF program. (references)

Human Rights

Burma

The prisoners were tied together in groups of five and guarded by 40 soldiers. (references)

Indonesia

The seven transmigrants were found shot with their hands tied behind their backs. (references)

Argentina

The boys had been shot multiple times and were found with their hands and feet tied. (references)

Minorities

Fiji

Ethnic Fijians' traditional beliefs, cultural values, and self-identity are tied to the land. (references)

Georgia

They tied the night watchmen and used a blowtorch to force their way into the room where all of the church's valuables were kept in a safe. (references)

Haiti

Longstanding social and political animosities often are tied to cultural identification, skin color, and overlapping issues of class in this starkly inegalitarian society. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED KINGDOM

Agricultural and humanitarian assistance are not tied. (references)

Rwanda

Insurgents tied to those responsible for the 1994 genocide committed several killings. (references)

JAPAN

Both Environmental Aid loans and Special Yen loans are tied to the purchase of Japanese products. (references)

Trade

West Bank

Import and export procedures for WB/G remain tied in large part to Israeli regulations. (references)

Morocco

The value of the dirham is tied to a basket of hard currencies weighted according to Morocco's foreign trade. (references)

Japan

These loans are not tied to the procurement of goods and services from Japan but are restricted to the specific purposes designated for each loan. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Business ties, as in much of Asia, are often tied to commonalties. (references)

Worker Rights

Lesotho

Unions are not affiliated formally with or tied to political parties. (references)

Bulgaria

Many victims also largely are ineligible for government assistance programs, most of which are in some way tied to previous employment status. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Tied

Expressions using "tied": be tied ♦ be tied to one's work ♦ bond tied to an index ♦ firmly tied ♦ get tied up ♦ loan tied to an index ♦ tied and bound ♦ tied arch ♦ tied by ♦ tied down ♦ tied foundry ♦ tied house ♦ tied in ♦ tied ranks ♦ tied selling ♦ tied share ♦ tied to his mother's apron strings ♦ tied up ♦ tied up capital ♦ tied values ♦ To be tied to a ♦ to be tied to a mother's apron strings ♦ to be tied to a wife's apron strings ♦ tongue tied. Additional references.

Beginning with "tied": tied-agency, tied-back, tied-in, tied-on, tied-through, tied-up.

Ending with "tied": bow-tied, cup-tied, hand-tied, re-tied, tongue-tied.

Containing "tied": ex-tied-cottagers.

Albanian

i lidhur (articulate, associated, attached, bound, cohesive, communicating, conjoint, conjunct, connected, coupled, husky, joining, linked, related, relevant, stocky, strung, tying). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقيد (bound, bridled, captive, checked, confined, curbed, limited, listed, recorded, registered, restrained, restricted, restrictive), ‏موصول (attached, connected, joined, linked, united), ‏متعادل (balanced, equal, even, neutral, on a par with), ‏مربوط (attached). (various references)

Bulgarian 

завързан (dodgy). (various references)

Chinese 

栓 (hitch, tying). (various references)

Czech

neschopný slova (inarticulate, tongue tied), nemluvný (close, mute, tongue tied), mlèící (silent, tongue tied). (various references)

Danish

bundne værdier (tied values), aktie med indskrænket omsættelighed (share with restricted transferability, stock certificate with limitations on right to transfer, tied share), bow-string (arched beam, bow-string girder, tied arch, tied-through arch), buebro med brobanen som traekbaand (arched beam, bow-string girder, tied arch, tied-through arch), bunden investering (tied investment), bundet bistand (tied aid, tied development assistance), aktie med begrænset omsættelighed (share with restricted transferability, stock certificate with limitations on right to transfer, tied share), bundne rangordensværdier (tied ranks), videreforhandler,som er omfattet af en eksklusiv koebsaftale (tied reseller), de reklamefremstødene hang sammen (tied promotions), fuldmægtigen (tied agent), indekslån (indexed loan, loan tied to an index), kam med tværkamme (tied ridge), låst kam (tied ridge), stoeberi til egen produktion (attached foundry, captive foundry, tied foundry), bundne bistandskreditter (tied aid credit, tied-aid credit). (various references)

Dutch

tot exclusieve afname verplichte wederverkoper (tied reseller), gebonden reclame (tied promotions), boog met trekband (tied arch), boogtrekbalk (arched beam, bow-string girder, tied arch, tied-through arch), bowstringligger (arched beam, bow-string girder, tied arch, tied-through arch), geïndexeerde lening (indexed loan, loan tied to an index), gebonden financiële hulp (tied aid, tied development assistance), gebonden hulp (tied aid, tied development assistance), gebonden hulpkrediet (tied aid credit, tied-aid credit), aandeel met blokkeringsclausule (share with restricted transferability, stock certificate with limitations on right to transfer, tied share), gebonden lening (tied loan), welvaartsvast (adj. tied to the value of money, index-linked, index-tied, tied to the cost of living), geintegreerde gieterij (attached foundry, captive foundry, tied foundry), gesloten geul (tied ridge), krediet voor gebonden hulp (tied aid credit, tied-aid credit), samenvallende rangen (tied ranks), samenvallende waarden (tied values), verstijfde buigingsboog (arched beam, bow-string girder, tied arch, tied-through arch), gebonden investering (tied investment). (various references)

Finnish

sidottu (bound, hardbound), sidottaa (bound, hardbound). (various references)

French

attaché (tied up). (various references)

German

verschnürte (tied up), gebunden (bound, cased, controlled, hardback, latent, legato, slurred, tied down, tied up, trussed). (various references)

Greek 

υπερτοξωτή κατασκευή (arched beam, bow-string girder, tied arch, tied-through arch), δυσμενής επένδυση (tied investment), ομολογία με ρήτρα (bond tied to an index), τιμαριθμοποιημένο δάνειο (indexed loan, loan tied to an index), τόξο με ελκυστήρα (tied arch), απομονωμένο σαμάρι (tied ridge), δεσμευμένη μετοχή (share with restricted transferability, stock certificate with limitations on right to transfer, tied share), ενσωματωμένο χυτήριο (attached foundry, captive foundry, tied foundry), σιωπηλόσ (mum, silent, tacit, tightlipped, tongue tied, wordless), πίστωση συνδεδεμένης ενίσχυσης (tied aid credit, tied-aid credit), μετοχή μεταβιβάσιμη υπό όρους (share with restricted transferability, stock certificate with limitations on right to transfer, tied share), ισοβαθμίσεις (tied ranks), βοήθεια υπό όρους (tied aid, tied development assistance), γλωσσοδεμένοσ (tongue tied), συνδεδεμένος αντιπρόσωπος (tied agent), επένδυση κάτω από συνθήκες (tied investment). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקושר (connected, slurred), קשור (allied, band, binding, bound, connected, connection, joined, liaison, linkage, related, relation, relevant, tie, tying), אגוד (association, binding together, guild, joined, organization, society, union), חבול (black and blue, wounded), כפות (bound, fettered, restrained), כבול (bound, chained, fettered, roped), כרוך (attached, bound, connected, convoluted, fraught). (various references)

Hungarian

bekötött (attached, bound), összekötött (associated, bound, copulate, linked). (various references)

Indonesian

bertalian (be connected with, related, relevant, tied to). (various references)

Italian

investimento condizionale (tied investment), arco a spinta eliminata (tied arch), arco con tirante (tied arch), azione a cessione condizionata (share with restricted transferability, stock certificate with limitations on right to transfer, tied share), azioni promozionali congiunte (tied promotions), ciglione sbarrato (tied ridge), credito di aiuto vincolato (tied aid credit, tied-aid credit), agente collegato (tied agent), fonderia dipendente (attached foundry, captive foundry, tied foundry), valori ex aequo (tied values), muto (blank, dumb, mute, silent, speechless, tongue tied, voiceless), ponte a via inferiore (arched beam, bow-string girder, tied arch, tied-through arch), prestito con adeguamento (indexed loan, loan tied to an index), ranghi uguali (tied ranks), rivenditore che ha stipulato un accordo di acquisto esclusivo (tied reseller), solco sbarrato (tied ridge), fonderia aggregata (attached foundry, captive foundry, tied foundry). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

腰縄 (leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists), 腰紐 (cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied), 金縛りになっている (to be bound hand and foot, to be tied down with money), 繋がる (to be connected to, to be related to, to be tied together), 紐付き融資 (tied loan), 垂髪 (hair tied behind and hanging down, long flowing hair), 垂れ髪 (hair tied behind and hanging down, long flowing hair), 後ろ鉢巻 (hachimaki tied in the back), 不通箇所 (tied-up places), 切り解く (releasing prisoners, to cut open a tied bundle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たれがみ (hair tied behind and hanging down, long flowing hair), すべらかし (hair tied behind and hanging down, long flowing hair), きりほどく (releasing prisoners, to cut open a tied bundle), ひもつきゆうし (tied loan), うしろはちまき (hachimaki tied in the back), ふつうかしょ (tied-up places), つながる (to be connected to, to be related to, to be tied together), かなしばりになっている (to be bound hand and foot, to be tied down with money), こしなわ (leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists), こしひも (cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied). (various references)

Korean 

매는 (Dangled). (various references)

Manx

sniemmit (joined, knitted, knotted, noosed), kianglt (anchored, baled, connected, constipated, constrained, costive, locked, secured, shackled, slurred, strapped, tied up). (various references)

Pig Latin

iedtay.(various references)

Portuguese

atado (bale, banding, binding, bundle, hooping, parcel), amarrado (corded, engry, scowling, spoken for). (various references)

Romanian

legat de mâini şi de picioare (tied and bound), fi legat de munca sa (be tied to one's work), e sub papucul nevestei (he is tied to his wife's apron-strings). (various references)

Russian 

связывать (associate, band, band together, bind, bond, brace, catenate, colligate, concatenate, connect, coupled, edit, interconnect, interconnexion, join, joint, knit, link, linked, relate, relating, tie, tie down, truss), связанный (associated, conjunct, connected, coupled, linked, related). (various references)

Scottish

sùmhail (close-packed, peaceable, tame, tidily tied up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vezan (connected, incident). (various references)

Spanish

vinculado (linked), unido (accrete, adhered, adjoined, amalgamated, associated, attached, connected, joined, joint, total, unifies, United, unites), restringido (limited, local, narrow, restricted, straitened), limitado (abridged, confined, finite, limited, ltd, narrow gauge, narrow minded, qualified, restricted, single track), ligado (attached, bound, legato, slur, tie), liado, hecho (complete, concoction, creation, deed, deposition, done, dossier, effect, encumbrance, fact, factor, furrow, inveterate, issue, landed, looped, made, made up, mature, point of fact, ready made, ready to wear, taken, thing, total), estorbado (hind), enlazado, empatado, atado (stranded). (various references)

Swedish

band (band, bands, belt, bevy, bind, binding, bond, bonds, cover, fret, gang, hoop, lead, leash, ligament, orchestra, restraint, ribbon, sling, string, tape, tie, volume). (various references)

Thai

โกรธมาก (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) (fit to be tied, have a fit), ยุ่ง (butt in, tamper, tied up), ขึ้นอยู่กับแม่ (tied to one's mother's apron-strings). (various references)

Turkish

borç veren ülkeden satın alma şartı getiren, bağlanmış (engaged, hooked), bağlı (adherent, adhesive, affiliated, amenable, appurtenant, attached, banded, bonded, bound, cohesive, conditional, conjoint, connected, consequent, corded, dependant, dependent, devoted, faithful, germane, hooked, incidental, laced, observant, related, subject, subject to, subordinate, under). (various references)

Turkmen 

зigmek (get entangled, get tied up, stuck in a knot), зigilmek (get tied up in knots). (various references)

Ukrainian

одружитися (get married, get tied up), недорікуватий (tongue tied). (various references)

Welsh

caethiwus (confined, confining). (various references)

adstrictos, adstrictus, apta, aptas, apti, aptum, aptus. (various references)

bastem. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "tied": amnestied, bedirtied, bountied, cavitied, citied, dirtied, disquantitied, emptied, guarantied, hogtied, jettied, juttied, outpitied, partied, pitied, prettied, propertied, puttied, retied, safetied, sortied, stied, travestied, unpitied, untied, vanitied. (additional references)

Words containing "tied": antieducational. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tied" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eitd, gied, giedd, htfiid, ied, itd, itdg, iteb, itec, iteg, itet, itey, itped, tade, taid, taied, taised, taud, ted, tede, tedi, teeld, teid, teide, teild, Teio, teip, teiu, teiz, teyed, tgie, thed, thide, thied, thiod, tiad, tiade, tibed, ticed, tiden, tidet, tidey, tieb, tiec, Tiede, tiedi, Tiedje, tiee, tief, tieg, tiej, tiek, tiel, tield, tiend, Tienda, tiep, tierd, tieu, tiex, tiey, tiez, tifed, tiged, tiget, tiif, tiked, tild, tiof, tipend, tird, tited, tled, toiad, toide, toied, tse, tuie, twed, twide, Tydd, tyde, tyed, tyie, zied. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: diet, dite, edit, tide.

-1 letter: die, dit, ted, tie.

-2 letters: de, ed, et, id, it, ti.

+1 letter: bidet, cited, debit, deist, deity, demit, diets, dites, edict, edits, fetid, kited, sited, stied, teiid, teind, tepid, tided, tides, tilde, tiled, timed, tined, tired, tried, wited.

+2 letters: airted, baited, bedsit, betide, bidets, bitted, citied, coedit, credit, dative, dautie, dawtie, debits, deceit, deists, delict, delist, deltic, demits, dentil, dentin, depict, desist, detail, detain, detick, dieted, dieter, digest, dilate, dilute, dinted, dipnet, direct, direst, dither, ditzes, divert, divest, doited, dotier, driest, dunite, duties, edicts, edited, editor, endite, evited, exited, fidget, fisted, fitted, flited, foetid, gaited, gifted, girted, hilted, hinted, histed, ideate, idlest, indent, indite, intend, iodate, itched, itemed, jilted, kilted, kithed, kitted, lifted, lilted, listed, midget, milted, minted, misted, mitred, nidget, peptid, pithed, pitied, pitted, podite, redipt, reedit, retied, rident, rifted, rioted, sifted, silted, skited, spited, stiped, stride, suited, tailed, taxied, tedium, teiids, teinds, ticked, tidied, tidier, tidies, tiered, tiffed, tildes, tilled, tilted, tinder, tineid, tinged, tinned, tinted, tipped, tirade, tirled, tithed, titled, todies, toiled, toited, trepid, triced, trined, triode, twined, united, untied, waited, whited, widest, widget, wilted, wisted, withed, witted.