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Tying Up

Definition: Tying Up

Tying Up

Noun

1. A act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.

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

Synonyms: Tying Up

Synonyms: docking (n), moorage (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Tying Up

English words defined with "tying up": Hair lace, haywire ♦ painter. (references)

Specialty definitions using "tying up": SUPERVISOR, MARINA SALES AND SERVICE. (references)

Modern Usage: Tying Up

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Just uh, tying up some loose ends. (Columbo: Negative Reaction; writing credit: Peter S. Fischer)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Tying Up

Domain	Title
Books	Loose Ends, A Journaling Tool for Tying up the Incomplete Details of your Life and Heart (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Tying Up

Photo Album: Tying Up

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Photo #1 of sequence - The fishing vessel WILD GOOSE tying up. Credit: Fisheries.		Photo #2 of sequence - The fishing vessel WILD GOOSE tying up. Credit: Fisheries.
	Crewmember David Owen monitoring strain on lines while tying up the RONALD H. BROWN in Male, capital of the Maldive Islands. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Tying up mainsail on Shamrock II. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, tying up cauliflower, Pie Town, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Tying Up

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		There is a growing trend of local companies tying up with companies overseas in a bid to offer the most up to date service solutions. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tying Up

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
tying up	26
syndrome tying up	8
man tying up woman	6
horse in tying up	5
horse tying up	4
equine tying up	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Tying Up

Language		Translations for "tying up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		zubindend. (various references)

Pig Latin		yingtay upay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Tying Up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-i-n-p-t-u-y"
	-1 letter: pignut, typing.
	-2 letters: input, punty, tying, unity.
	-3 letters: ping, pint, piny, pity, pung, punt, puny, pyin, ting, tiny, tung, tyin, unit.
	-4 letters: gin, gip, git, gnu, gun, gut, guy, gyp, nip, nit, nut, pig, pin, pit, piu, pug, pun, put, tin, tip, tug, tui, tun, tup, yin, yip, yup.
	-5 letters: in, it, nu, pi, ti.
	Words containing the letters "g-i-n-p-t-u-y"
	+1 letter: puttying.
	+2 letters: pugnacity.
	+3 letters: autopsying, outpitying, outplaying, outpraying, outyelping, putrefying, stupefying.
	+4 letters: multiplying.
	+5 letters: pussyfooting, stupefyingly, typefounding.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction

9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography

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