tie

fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• “They tied their victim to the chair”

finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

• “The teams drew a tie”

limit or restrict to

• “I am tied to UNIX”
• “These big jets are tied to large airports”

connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• “Can you connect the two loudspeakers?”
• “Tie the ropes together”
• “Link arms”

form a knot or bow in

• “tie a necktie”

create social or emotional ties

• “The grandparents want to bond with the child”

perform a marriage ceremony

• “The minister married us on Saturday”
• “We were wed the following week”
• “The couple got spliced on Hawaii”

make by tying pieces together

• “The fishermen tied their flies”

unite musical notes by a tie

neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

• “he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie”
• “he wore a vest and tie”

a social or business relationship

• “a valuable financial affiliation”
• “he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team”
• “many close associations with England”

the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• “the game ended in a draw”
• “their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie”

a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating

• “he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam”

a fastener that serves to join or link

• “the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction”

equality of score in a contest

(music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

• “the British call a railroad tie a sleeper”

a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied

• “he needed a tie for the packages”