tied meaning
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WTied
- Verb
- simple past tense and past participle of tie.
- simple past tense and past participle of tie.
- AdjectiveCOMmore tiedSUPmost tied
- Closely connected or associated.
- As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.
- Restricted.
- The city has at times fogged the outside-ocala area, but the county claims its hands are too tied, legally and financially, for it to render much aid.
- Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
- There are two distinct ways in which tied aid can undermine the value of aid to the recipient: overpricing and distorting the nature of aid.
- (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
- That tied score will require a “sudden death” round where Barnes can deliver a finishing move on Daniel.
- Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
- For generations farmers had argued that tied cottages were a perk and necessary to keep good workers, yet the reality for literally thousands was very different.
- (archeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
- Closely connected or associated.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Red strings tied to some of the vessels led up to the ceiling and across the room to the mini-shrines called mandapams, each of which housed statues of gods.
- The film is at once too Hollywood and too realistic. It is tied to genre conventions while stylistically following the new code of realism, especially with regard to mise-en-scène and performance.
- Marie tied back her long hair to keep it out of her way when she worked.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. My hands are tied.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of tied in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary