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Tied
//taɪd// adj, verb
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Adjective
- 1 Closely associated or connected.
"As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another."
- 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 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 Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
- 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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- 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."
- 7 Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
- 8 A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
Adjective
- 1 bound or secured closely wordnet
- 2 closed with a lace wordnet
- 3 fastened with strings or cords wordnet
- 4 of the score in a contest wordnet
- 5 bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of tie form-of, participle, past
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