Tied

//taɪd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Closely associated or connected.

    "As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another."

  2. 2
    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."

  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
  5. 5
    That resulted in a tie.

    "That tied score will require a “sudden death” round where Barnes can deliver a finishing move on Daniel."

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  1. 6
    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."

  2. 7
    Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
  3. 8
    A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
Adjective
  1. 1
    bound or secured closely wordnet
  2. 2
    closed with a lace wordnet
  3. 3
    fastened with strings or cords wordnet
  4. 4
    of the score in a contest wordnet
  5. 5
    bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of tie form-of, participle, past

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