A Quick and Simple Dictionary

tie

1. Noun.  A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
2. Noun.  The situation in which one or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
3. Noun.  A piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
4. Noun.  A strong connection between people or groups of people, a bond.
5. Noun.  (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
6. Noun.  (sport, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
7. Noun.  (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.
8. Noun.  (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
9. Noun.  (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
10. Noun.  (context, rail transport) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines.
11. Noun.  (context, graph theory) connection between two vertices.
12. Verb.  (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
13. Verb.  (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
14. Verb.  (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
15. Verb.  (transitive) To secure (something) by string or the like.
16. Verb.  (intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
17. Verb.  (transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.