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    Definition of tied in English Dictionary

  • Verb
    1. simple past tense and past participle of tie.
    2. AdjectiveCOMmore tiedSUPmost tied
      1. Closely connected or associated.
        1. As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.
      2. Restricted.
        1. 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.
      3. Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
        1. 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.
      4. (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
        1. That tied score will require a “sudden death” round where Barnes can deliver a finishing move on Daniel.
      5. Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
        1. 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.
      6. (archeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
      7. More Examples
        1. 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.
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. My hands are tied.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adjectives
          • Verbs
            • Verb forms
              • Participles
                • Past participles
                • Verb simple past forms
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            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of tied for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "tied" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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