Word Meanings - TIE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. (more info) 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship

Additional info about word: TIE

A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. (more info) 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TIE)

• Attach
• Fasten
• apply
• append
• add
• fix
• subjoin
• annex
• unite
• conciliate
• tie
• connect
• conjoin
• attract
• win
• bind
• Bind
• Fetter
• engage
• fasten
• secure
• lace
• twine
• oblige
• compel
• restrict
• restrain
• Bond
• Tie
• fastening
• chain
• association
• manacle
• fetter
• compact
• obligation
• security
• Braid
• weave
• plait
• Secure
• hold
• join
• affix
• grapple
• attach

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of TIE)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to TIE)

• ANNEX
  to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson. 2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• PLAIT
  of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat 1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison. 2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. Same
• CONNECTOR
  One who, or that which, connects; as: A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• ASSOCIATION
  1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
• AFFIXION
  Affixture. T. Adams.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• OBLIGER
  One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.
• ASSOCIATIONIST
  One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
• RESTRICT
  Restricted.
• CHAINWORK
  Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
• ATTRACTABILITY
  The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.
• COMPACT
  1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
• COMPACTIBLE
  That may be compacted.
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• OBLIGEMENT
  Obligation. I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton.
• ATTRACTILE
  Having power to attract.
• WEAVER
  A weaver bird. (more info) 1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. "Weavers of linen." P. Plowman.
• TOP-CHAIN
  A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
• SHEET CHAIN
  A chain sheet cable.
• SATIN WEAVE
  A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
• REENGAGEMENT
  A renewed or repeated engagement.
• HOGCHAIN
  A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
• UNWEAVE
  To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
• INTWINE
  To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined.
• ENGRAPPLE
  To grapple.