Definition of tied

"tied" in the verb sense

1. tie, bind

fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

"They tied their victim to the chair"

2. tie, draw

finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

"The teams drew a tie"

3. tie

limit or restrict to

"I am tied to UNIX"

"These big jets are tied to large airports"

4. connect, link, tie, link up

connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

"Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"

"Tie the ropes together"

"Link arms"

5. tie

form a knot or bow in

"tie a necktie"

6. bind, tie, attach, bond

create social or emotional ties

"The grandparents want to bond with the child"

7. marry, wed, tie, splice

perform a marriage ceremony

"The minister married us on Saturday"

"We were wed the following week"

"The couple got spliced on Hawaii"

8. tie

make by tying pieces together

"The fishermen tied their flies"

9. tie

unite musical notes by a tie

"tied" in the adjective sense

1. trussed, tied

bound or secured closely

"the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"

"a trussed chicken"

2. tied

bound together by or as if by a strong rope especially as by a bond of affection

"people tied by blood or marriage"

3. tied, fastened

fastened with strings or cords

"a neatly tied bundle"

4. laced, tied

closed with a lace

"snugly laced shoes"

5. tied, even, level

of the score in a contest

"the score is tied"

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Quotations for tied

A cursed curr should be short tied. [ Proverb ]

Virtue is tied to no degrees of men. [ Proverb ]

Lovers' purses are tied with cobwebs. [ Proverb ]

The goat must browse where she is tied. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity
In least speak most, to my capacity. [ William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V. Sc.1 ]

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Mad bulls cannot be tied up with a packthread. [ Proverb ]

A mastiff grows the fiercer for being tied up. [ Proverb ]

It is pity you are not a little more tongue-tied. [ Proverb ]

A mad bull is not to be tied up with a packthread. [ Proverb ]

An ass must be tied where the master will have him. [ Proverb ]

She hath tied sharp-toothed unkindness, like a vulture here. [ William Shakespeare ]

He hath tied a knot with his tongue that he cannot untie with all his teeth. [ Proverb ]

I thought your love eternal. Was it tied so loosely that a quarrel could divide? [ Dryden ]

The matrimonial knot is sometimes tied so tightly that it wounds those whom it unites. [ De Varennes ]

Sentiment is all very well for a boutonniere, but a well-tied tie is the first serious step in life. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

Her head was bare, but for her native ornament of hair, which in a simple knot was tied above - sweet negligence, unheeded bait of love! [ Dryden ]

There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is one thing to be at liberty to do what we will, and another thing to be tied up to do what we must. [ L'Estrange ]

tied in Scrabble®

The word tied is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters tied:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word tied

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tied in Words With Friends™

The word tied is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters tied:

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TIED
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Word Growth involving tied

Shorter words in tied

tie

Longer words containing tied

amnestied

antieducation antieducational antieducationalist antieducationalists

antieducation antieducationist antieducationists

crosstied

dirtied bedirtied

emptied unemptied

guarantied

hogtied

jettied

pitied outpitied

pitied selfpitied

pitied unpitied

prettied unprettied

propertied

puttied

retied

safetied

sortied

tonguetied

untied

warrantied