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TIE UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Finish the last row
Synonyms:
bind off; tie up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "tie up" is one way to...):
bind; tie (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)
Domain category:
knit; knitting; knitwork (needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Secure with or as if with ropes
Example:
tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "tie up" is one way to...):
confine; constrain; hold; restrain (to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement)
"Tie up" entails doing...:
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tie up"):
chain up (tie up with chains)
faggot; faggot up; fagot (bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot)
faggot; fagot (fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them)
hog-tie (tie together somebody's limbs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to tie up the prisoners
Sense 3
Meaning:
Secure in or as if in a berth or dock
Example:
tie up the boat
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "tie up" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tie up"):
wharf (moor at a wharf)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Restrain from moving or operating normally
Example:
Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "tie up" is one way to...):
block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
tie-up (an interruption of normal activity)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes
Example:
All my money is tied up in long-term investments
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "tie up" is one way to...):
commit; invest; place; put (make an investment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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