ALL meanings of tied up
tie up
T t - verb with object tied up to form by looping and interlacing, as a knot or bow. 1
- verb with object tied up to fasten, join, or connect in any way. 1
- verb with object tied up Angling. to design and make (an artificial fly). 1
- verb with object tied up to bind or join closely or firmly: Great affection tied them. 1
- verb with object tied up Informal. to unite in marriage. 1
- verb with object tied up to confine, restrict, or limit: The weather tied him to the house. 1
- verb with object tied up to bind or oblige, as to do something. 1
- verb with object tied up to make the same score as; equal in a contest. 1
- verb with object tied up Music. to connect (notes) by a tie. 1
- verb without object tied up to make a tie, bond, or connection. 1
- verb without object tied up to make or be the same score; be equal in a contest: The teams tied for first place in the league. 1
- noun tied up that with which anything is tied. 1
- noun tied up a cord, string, or the like, used for tying, fastening, binding, or wrapping something. 1
- noun tied up a necktie. 1
- noun tied up a low shoe fastened with a lace. 1
- noun tied up a knot, especially an ornamental one; bow. 1
- noun tied up anything that fastens, secures, or unites. 1
- noun tied up a bond or connection, as of affection, kinship, mutual interest, or between two or more people, groups, nations, or the like: family ties; the ties between Britain and the U.S. 1
- noun tied up a state of equality in the result of a contest, as in points scored, votes obtained, etc., among competitors: The game ended in a tie. 1
- noun tied up a match or contest in which this occurs. 1
- noun tied up any of various structural members, as beams or rods, for keeping two objects, as rafters or the haunches of an arch, from spreading or separating. 1
- noun tied up Music. a curved line connecting two notes on the same line or space to indicate that the sound is to be sustained for their joint value, not repeated. 1
- noun tied up Also called, especially British, sleeper. Railroads. any of a number of closely spaced transverse beams, usually of wood, for holding the rails forming a track at the proper distance from each other and for transmitting train loads to the ballast and roadbed. 1
- noun tied up bride2 (def 1). 1
- noun tied up Surveying. a measurement made to determine the position of a survey station with respect to a reference mark or other isolated point. 1
- idioms tied up tie one on, Slang. to get drunk: Charlie sure tied one on last night! 1
- idioms tied up tie the knot. knot1 (def 18). 1
- adjective tied up restrained with rope 1
- adjective tied up busy 1
- verb with object tied up to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail. 1
- verb with object tied up to draw together the parts of with a knotted string or the like: to tie a bundle tight. 1
- verb with object tied up to fasten by tightening and knotting the string or strings of: to tie one's shoes. 1
- verb with object tied up to draw or fasten together into a knot, as a cord: to tie one's shoelace. 1
- adjective tied up If someone or something is tied up, they are busy or being used, with the result that they are not available for anything else. 0