TIE Synonyms

• the means of connection between things linked in series

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• the state of being connected

• a connecting shape

• a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

• (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

• a channel for communication between groups

• a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network

• an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

• make a logical or causal connection

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• be or become joined or united or linked

• link with or as with a yoke

• cause to be attached

• be attached; be in contact with

• become attached

• create social or emotional ties

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• make a logical or causal connection

• be or become joined or united or linked

• join by means of communication equipment

• land on or hit solidly

• join for the purpose of communication

• be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation

• establish a rapport or relationship

• establish communication with someone

• plug into an outlet

• hit or play a ball successfully

• cause to be firmly attached

• become fixed or fastened

• attach to

• make tight or tighter

• a pair who associate with one another

• a pair of people who live together

• a small indefinite number

• two items of the same kind

• (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

• bring two objects, ideas, or people together

• link together

• form a pair or pairs

• engage in sexual intercourse

• a period of time spent in military service

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• an unforeseen obstacle

• a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls

• a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

• to hook or entangle

• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

• jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

• travel by getting free rides from motorists

• connect to a vehicle:

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

• become part of; become a member of a group or organization

• cause to become joined or linked

• come into the company of

• make contact or come together

• be or become joined or united or linked

• a tight cluster of people or things

• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

• something twisted and tight and swollen

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

• make into knots; make knots out of

• tie or fasten into a knot

• tangle or complicate

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

• tie with a tether

• act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

• become one

• have or possess in combination

• be or become joined or united or linked

• bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation

• join or combine

• a gully that is shallower than a ravine

• an entertainer who attracts large audiences

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

• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

• a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

• poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer

• the act of drawing or hauling something

• cause to move by pulling

• get or derive

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• make, formulate, or derive in the mind

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface

• take liquid out of a container or well

• give a description of

• select or take in from a given group or region

• elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.

• suck in or take (air)

• move or go steadily or gradually

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• choose at random

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition

• to obtain a liquid from somewhere

• write a legal document or paper

• engage in drawing

• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something

• allow a draft

• require a specified depth for floating

• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• take in, also metaphorically

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• thread on or as if on a string

• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

• pass over, across, or through

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

• shrink

• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

• steep; pass through a strainer

• remove the entrails of

• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching

• cause to localize at one point

• United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

• an electrical force linking atoms

• British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

• a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• a connection that fastens things together

• a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

• the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• issue bonds on

• bring together in a common cause or emotion

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

• a rester who is sleeping

• a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal

• an unexpected achiever of success

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

• a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

• pajamas with feet; worn by children

• a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

• tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water

• an unexpected hit

• a social or business relationship

• the act of becoming formally connected or joined

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

• the act of consorting with or joining with others

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a social or business relationship

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

• (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

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

• a fastener that serves to join or connect