(v. t.) A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
(v. t.) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
(v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
(v. t.) Low shoes fastened with lacings.
(v. t.) To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
(v. t.) To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.
(v. t.) To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
(v. t.) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
(v. t.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
(v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
(v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Example Sentences:
(1) Behind her balcony, decorated with a flourishing pothos plant and a monarch butterfly chrysalis tied to a succulent with dental floss, sits the university’s power plant.
(2) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
(3) The quantity of social ties, the quality of relationships as modified by type of intimate, and the baseline level of symptoms measured five years earlier were significant predictors of psychosomatic symptoms among this sample of women.
(4) They are just literally lying.” In August Microsoft severed its ties, saying Alec’s stance on climate change and several other issues “conflicted directly with Microsoft’s values”.
(5) There is a gradual loosening of the adolescent's emotional dependence on her parents and a transfer of dependency ties to peers.
(6) We have reported on a simple and secure method of tying up hair during transplantation surgery for alopecia.
(7) Maybe it’s because they are skulking, sedentary creatures, tied to their post; the theatre critic isn’t going anywhere other than the stalls, and then back home to write.
(8) Beijing has no interest in seeing strained ties affecting development plans either.” The Moranbong band was founded by Kim Jong-un , with each member reportedly selected by a leader eager to make his mark on the cultural scene.
(9) Two years ago I met a wonderful man and we now feel it’s time to tie the knot.
(10) The glory lay in the defiance, although the outcome of the tie scarcely looks promising for Arsenal when the return at Camp Nou next Tuesday is borne in mind.
(11) Alec played a role in the resignation of the UK defence secretary Liam Fox last year over his close ties to his friend Adam Werritty.
(12) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
(13) And if that ties up with one another then Oscar has got a major problem."
(14) Los Angeles were relentless in their vicious pursuit of a game-tying goal on Wednesday, bidding to send Game 4 into overtime.
(15) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
(16) The levy would also confirm the dramatically changing nature of Pakistan's ties with its western partners, from a strategic alliance to a transactional relationship, with deep suspicions on both sides.
(17) Trade unions criticised the corporation’s 1% offer, tied to a minimum of just £390, for those staff earning under £50,000, calling it “completely unacceptable” .
(18) Unlike most CDU politicians, he keeps close ties to the British Conservatives despite their differences on Europe .
(19) Last week, the army major who ordered Dar to be tied to the vehicle was awarded a commendation for his counter-insurgency work in the region.
(20) He added, however, that the US would "remain the world's leading military and economic power for the next two to three decades" and he ruled out a radical shift in bilateral ties.
Tue
Definition:
(n.) The parson bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) UPDATE II [Tues.] Two other items that may be of interest: first, Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger was the guest for the full hour yesterday on Democracy Now, discussing the paper's role in reporting the NSA stories, and the video and transcript of the interview are here ; second, marking our collaboration on a series of articles about spying on Indians, the Hindu has a long interview with me on a variety of related topics, here .
(2) In a statement on Thursday, Team Sky, for whom Froome rides, said: “Applications made by Team Sky for TUEs have all been managed and recorded in line with the processes put in place by the governing bodies.
(3) A Ukad spokesperson confirmed those affected were either on TUEs when they competed at the Rio Olympics or had previously been granted them.
(4) Open Tues-Sat noon-3pm and 7pm-11pm Blind Pig, 4th arr Facebook Twitter Pinterest “Take a large former garage, add a bar, invite different food trucks every week, et voilà !
(5) The team offered the explanation that the substance was part of an asthma treatment but that the team doctor had failed to apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemption, or TUE, which is required for legitimate use of a medicine that figures on the banned list.
(6) Open Tues-Sat 10pm-2am Ruca Bar Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gin is not a liquor often found on menus in this pisco-loving country, but it’s the raison d’être for one of the newest bars in Santiago’s rapidly gentrifying Barrio Italia neighbourhood.
(7) • Campeche 106 (in front of the Mercado Medellín), Colonia Roma, open Tues-Sun 9am-6pm Pozole: Pozole Doña Yoli Pozole street food, Mexico City Photograph: Nicholas Gilman Pozole is the ultimate Mexican comfort food.
(8) Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins have defended their use of therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) following the news overnight that they are among five British athletes whose medical records with the World Anti-Doping Agency have been leaked by computer hackers.
(9) Open Tues, Wed & Fri 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-7pm; Sat 10am-4pm Scottish Storytelling Centre Photograph: Rueben Paris The home of Scotland's stories has been open since 2006 and features a cafe, the 99-seat Netherbow Theatre and the George Mackay Brown Library, and is attached to the popular tourist focal point of John Knox House.
(10) Wiggins and Froome have defended their use of TUEs, while the Williams sisters’ and Biles’ insistence that they had done nothing wrong has been staunchly backed by Wada and the tennis and gymnastics authorities.
(11) The reason The Fairy Jobmother (Tue, 9pm, Channel 4) infuriates the public so deeply is that there are no neat solutions to the mindset of long-term unemployment.
(12) Separately Ukad also confirmed that in 2015 UK athletes were granted 100 TUEs – with 16 rejected – a slightly higher figure than the 88 athletes who received a TUE in 2014.
(13) Open Tue-Fri 11am-7.30pm, Sat 10am-7.30pm, Sun 10am-4pm.
(14) Series nine of The Apprentice ( Tue & Wed, 9pm, BBC1 ) and the winds of change are howling around Lord Sugar's tasselled loafers.
(15) Open Tues-Sun 10am-5.15pm Musée Rodin Le Café du Musée Rodin Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Musée Rodin has long been one of the small jewels of Paris’s museums – where you are rarely disturbed by crowds.
(16) In nine years as a professional I’ve twice required a TUE for exacerbated asthma, the last time was in 2014.” Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins targeted in Wada hacking scandal Read more A statement on behalf of Sir Bradley Wiggins was similarly issued, which stated: “There’s nothing new here.
(17) Most anticipated "showstopper" bake Gingerbread reconstruction of the Sydney Opera House This year's Great British Bake Off final is on Tues, 8pm, BBC2
(18) Thus Lincoln shows up in Ford's great silent breakthrough The Iron Horse, in 1925, and then briefly in 1936's The Prisoner Of Shark Island, a thriller about the aftermath of Lincoln's murder (called Je n'ai pas tue Lincoln for its French release), in which Francis only got to play comic relief.
(19) Wiggins and Froome leaks raise familiar questions for cycling but do little else Read more Five members of the 366-strong British Olympic team in Rio, including the Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins, have already been named by the cyber-espionage group Fancy Bears as having received TUEs for an illness or medical condition.
(20) The applications for TUEs under the Tennis Anti-Doping Program require a strict process of approval which I have adhered to when serious medical conditions have occurred.” The 36-year-old added she was “one of the strongest supporters of maintaining the highest level of integrity in competitive sport”.