Verb His kidnappers tied him to a chair. She tied a scarf around her neck. She tied knots in the rope. You need to tie your shoe. His hands and feet had been tied together. She tied the apron loosely around her waist. The team still has a chance to tie. I had the lead but he tied me by making a birdie on the last hole. Her time tied the world record. He tied the school's record in the high jump. Noun He was wearing a suit and tie. You have a spot on your tie. The pants have a tie at the top. He was not ready to accept the ties of family life. See More
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Verb
For nursing programs, Case Western Reserve University and Ohio State University tie fifth in the country. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022 Actually, all the TVs throughout the house tie things together. Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022 With two more outs, Gallen will tie the Diamondbacks’ franchise record of 42 consecutive innings, set by Brandon Webb in 2007. Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2022 Booking records tie the arrest to last week’s fatal stabbing of German. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 Willi Castro scored to tie the game, 3-3, with two outs in the eighth. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2022 The district can better tie together the career academies with building plans. Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2022 That would tie Miami for 10th-most appearances, along with Auburn, Michigan State, Stanford and Virginia Tech. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022 Festival staff can tie your weapon for you at the entrance gate. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
Noun
César Hernández drove in three runs and Luis García broke a 4-4 tie with sixth-inning infield single off Jordan Hicks, who had relieved Andre Pallante (6-5). Joe Harris, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022 Reminiscent of her Game 3 overtime heroics, Gray hit clutch bucket after clutch bucket in the fourth quarter, including the 3-pointer that broke a tie with around one minute left and the next basket to push the lead to five with 30 seconds left. Prince J. Grimes, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 Andrus broke the tie with his two-run homer to right. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 Stevenson broke a 7-7 tie with a 12-yard touchdown run by Maurice Hammond with 14:54 left in the first half. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 Abreu broke the tie with his first home run, a solo shot over the right field wall to give Portland a 2-1 lead in the third inning.Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022 Guards reliever Eli Morgan broke a 3-3 tie and helped the Tigers hand the Guardians a 7-5 defeat at Progressive Field. Joe Noga, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 That clinched the Crossbar Challenge for MLS, and broke a 2-2 tie as MLS' best celebrated on the pitch. Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2022 Rimando broke a tie with Kevin Hartman for the record. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English teg, tye, from Old English tēag; akin to Old Norse taug rope, Old English tēon to pull — more at tow entry 1