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Tie vs. Tied — What's the Difference?

Tie vs. Tied — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Tie and Tied

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Tie

Attach or fasten with string or similar cord
Her long hair was tied back in a bow
Gabriel tied up his horse
They tied Max to a chair

Tied

To fasten or secure with or as if with a cord, rope, or strap
Tied the kite to a post.
Tie up a bundle.

Tie

Restrict or limit (someone) to a particular situation or place
She didn't want to be like her mother, tied to a feckless man
She didn't want to be tied down by a full-time job

Tied

To fasten by drawing together the parts or sides and knotting with strings or laces
Tied her shoes.

Tie

Connect; link
Self-respect is closely tied up with the esteem in which one is held by one's fellows
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Tied

To make by fastening ends or parts
Tie a knot.

Tie

Achieve the same score or ranking as another competitor or team
Norman needed a par to tie with Nicklaus
Muir tied the score at 5–5

Tied

To put a knot or bow in
Tie a neck scarf.

Tie

A piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something
He tightened the tie of his robe

Tied

To confine or restrict as if with cord
Duties that tied him to the office.

Tie

A rod or beam holding parts of a structure together.

Tied

To bring together in relationship; connect or unite
Friends who were tied by common interests.
People who are tied by blood or marriage.

Tie

A thing that unites or links people
It is important that we keep family ties strong

Tied

To equal (an opponent or an opponent's score) in a contest.

Tie

A strip of material worn round the collar and tied in a knot at the front with the ends hanging down, typically forming part of a man's smart or formal outfit
His hand went up to his collar and started to loosen his tie

Tied

To equal an opponent's score in (a contest)
Tied the game with minutes remaining.

Tie

A result in a game or other competitive situation in which two or more competitors or teams have the same score or ranking; a draw
There was a tie for first place

Tied

(Music)To join (notes) by a tie.

Tie

A sports match between two or more players or teams in which the winners proceed to the next round of the competition
Swindon Town have won themselves a third round tie against Oldham

Tied

To be fastened or attached
The apron ties at the back.

Tie

To fasten or secure with or as if with a cord, rope, or strap
Tied the kite to a post.
Tie up a bundle.

Tied

To achieve equal scores in a contest.

Tie

To fasten by drawing together the parts or sides and knotting with strings or laces
Tied her shoes.

Tied

A cord, string, or other means by which something is tied.

Tie

To make by fastening ends or parts
Tie a knot.

Tied

Something that connects or unites; a link
A blood tie.
Marital ties.

Tie

To put a knot or bow in
Tie a neck scarf.

Tied

A necktie.

Tie

To confine or restrict as if with cord
Duties that tied him to the office.

Tied

A beam or rod that joins parts and gives support.

Tie

To bring together in relationship; connect or unite
Friends who were tied by common interests.
People who are tied by blood or marriage.

Tied

One of the timbers or slabs of concrete laid across a railroad bed to support the rails.

Tie

To equal (an opponent or an opponent's score) in a contest.

Tied

An equality of scores, votes, or performance in a contest
The election ended in a tie.

Tie

To equal an opponent's score in (a contest)
Tied the game with minutes remaining.

Tied

A contest so resulting; a draw.

Tie

(Music)To join (notes) by a tie.

Tied

(Music)A curved line above or below two notes of the same pitch, indicating that the tone is to be sustained for their combined duration.

Tie

To be fastened or attached
The apron ties at the back.

Tied

Closely connected or associated.
As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.

Tie

To achieve equal scores in a contest.

Tied

Restricted.

Tie

A cord, string, or other means by which something is tied.

Tied

Conditional on other agreements being upheld.

Tie

Something that connects or unites; a link
A blood tie.
Marital ties.

Tied

That resulted in a tie.

Tie

A necktie.

Tied

Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.

Tie

A beam or rod that joins parts and gives support.

Tied

(archeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.

Tie

One of the timbers or slabs of concrete laid across a railroad bed to support the rails.

Tied

(philately) a cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.

Tie

An equality of scores, votes, or performance in a contest
The election ended in a tie.

Tied

Simple past tense and past participle of tie

Tie

A contest so resulting; a draw.

Tied

Bound or secured closely;
The guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied
A trussed chicken

Tie

(Music)A curved line above or below two notes of the same pitch, indicating that the tone is to be sustained for their combined duration.

Tied

Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection;
People tied by blood or marriage

Tie

A knot; a fastening.

Tied

Fastened with strings or cords;
A neatly tied bundle

Tie

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

Tied

Closed with a lace;
Snugly laced shoes

Tie

A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

Tied

Of the score in a contest;
The score is tied

Tie

A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.

Tie

A strong connection between people or groups of people.
The sacred ties of friendship or of duty
The ties of allegiance

Tie

(construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.

Tie

A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.

Tie

The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.

Tie

(cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).

Tie

An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).

Tie

A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.

Tie

(music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.

Tie

(statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.

Tie

(surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.

Tie

(graph theory) A connection between two vertices.

Tie

A tiewig.

Tie

(transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
Tie the rope to this tree.

Tie

(transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.

Tie

(transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
Tie him to the tree.

Tie

To secure (something) by string or the like.
Tie your shoes.

Tie

(ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
They tied for third place.
They tied the game.

Tie

To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
He tied me for third place.

Tie

(music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

Tie

To believe; to credit.

Tie

In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.

Tie

A knot; a fastening.

Tie

A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
No distance breaks the tie of blood.

Tie

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

Tie

An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

Tie

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.

Tie

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.

Tie

Low shoes fastened with lacings.

Tie

To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

Tie

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.

Tie

To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
In bond of virtuous love together tied.

Tie

To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
Not tied to rules of policy, you findRevenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.

Tie

To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

Tie

To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.

Tie

To make a tie; to make an equal score.

Tie

Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front;
He stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
He wore a vest and tie

Tie

A social or business relationship;
A valuable financial affiliation
He was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
Many close associations with England

Tie

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;
The game ended in a draw
Their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie

Tie

A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating;
He nailed the rafters together with a tie beam

Tie

A fastener that serves to join or link;
The walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction

Tie

Equality of score in a contest

Tie

(music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

Tie

One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;
The British call a railroad tie a sleeper

Tie

A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied;
He needed a tie for the packages

Tie

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord;
They tied their victim to the chair

Tie

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
The teams drew a tie

Tie

Limit or restrict to;
I am tied to UNIX
These big jets are tied to large airports

Tie

Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces;
Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
Tie the ropes together
Link arms

Tie

Form a knot or bow in;
Tie a necktie

Tie

Create social or emotional ties;
The grandparents want to bond with the child

Tie

Perform a marriage ceremony;
The minister married us on Saturday
We were wed the following week
The couple got spliced on Hawaii

Tie

Make by tying pieces together;
The fishermen tied their flies

Tie

Unite musical notes by a tie

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