tied
adjective
- at a draw (in a competition or game)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /taɪd/ / [tʰaːd] / [tʰɑe̯d]
adj
- Closely associated or connected.
“As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.”
“It is financially too tied to West Germany to exist by itself, he explained .”
- 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.”
“Unquestionably many persons, guilty as sin, will now go free because the policeman's hands are tied, even more tied than they were as the result of similar decisions over the last five years.”
- 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.”
- Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
- That resulted in a tie.
“That tied score will require a “sudden death” round where Barnes can deliver a finishing move on Daniel.”
- 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.”
“Traditionally, the vast majority of public houses were owned or controlled as brewers' tied estates, usually operated on a regional basis.”
- Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
- A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
verb
- simple past and past participle of tie