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To secure with rope, string, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Don't forget to tie up your hair before you bake.
- The robbers tied up the bank employees before forcing a way into the vault.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To complete, finish, or resolve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I'd like to tie up the project before I leave.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- Don't tie up your capital in aging accounts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
finish the last row
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bind off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tie, bind
secure with or as if with ropes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- tie down the prisoners
- tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tie down, bind, truss
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrain, confine, hold
Narrower terms: chain up, faggot, fagot, faggot up, hog-tie
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moor, berth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
Narrower terms: wharf
restrain from moving or operating normally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- All my money is tied up in long-term investments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: invest, put, commit, place
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رَبَطَ
(rabaṭa)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Belarusian:
завя́зваць
(zavjázvacʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Belarusian:
завяза́ць
(zavjazácʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Belarusian:
прывя́зваць
(pryvjázvacʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Belarusian:
прывяза́ць
(pryvjazácʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Belarusian:
звя́зваць
(zvjázvacʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Belarusian:
звяза́ць
(zvjazácʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Bulgarian:
привързвам
(privǎrzvam)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
捆綁
(kǔnbǎng)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
捆紮
(kǔnzā, kǔnzhá, kǔnzhā)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
捆住
(kǔnzhù)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
繫 /系
(jì)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Dutch:
vastbinden
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Esperanto:
ligi
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Finnish:
sitoa
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Finnish:
köyttää
— to secure with rope, etc.
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French:
ligoter
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Galician:
atar
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Galician:
apreixar
— to secure with rope, etc.
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German:
festbinden
— to secure with rope, etc.
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German:
fesseln
— to secure with rope, etc.
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German:
binden
— to secure with rope, etc.
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German:
anbinden
— to secure with rope, etc.
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German:
zubinden
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ancient Greek:
δέω
(déō)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ingrian:
köyttää
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Interlingua:
ligar
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Japanese:
括る
(kukuru)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Korean:
묶다
(mukda)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Latin:
ligō
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Latin:
alligō
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Latin:
vinciō
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Māori:
renarena
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Polish:
zawiązywać
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Polish:
związać
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Polish:
przywiązywać
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Polish:
przywiązać
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Polish:
związywać
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Portuguese:
atar
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Portuguese:
amarrar
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Russian:
завя́зывать
(zavjázyvatʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Russian:
завяза́ть
(zavjazátʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Russian:
привя́зывать
(privjázyvatʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Russian:
привяза́ть
(privjazátʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Russian:
свя́зывать
(svjázyvatʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Russian:
связа́ть
(svjazátʹ)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Spanish:
apersogar
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ukrainian:
зав'я́зувати
(zavʺjázuvaty)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ukrainian:
зав'яза́ти
(zavʺjazáty)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ukrainian:
прив'я́зувати
(pryvʺjázuvaty)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ukrainian:
прив'яза́ти
(pryvʺjazáty)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ukrainian:
зв'я́зувати
(zvʺjázuvaty)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Ukrainian:
зв'яза́ти
(zvʺjazáty)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Yiddish:
צובינדן
(tsubindn)
— to secure with rope, etc.
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Bulgarian:
замразявам
(zamrazjavam)
— to immobilize a capital.
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French:
immobiliser
— to immobilize a capital.
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German:
festlegen
— to immobilize a capital.
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Polish:
unieruchomić
— to immobilize a capital.
