Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tie sb up
Participle: tied sb up
Gerund: tying sb up
Indicative
Present
| I | tie sb up |
| you | tie sb up |
| he;she;it | ties sb up |
| we | tie sb up |
| you | tie sb up |
| they | tie sb up |
Perfect
| I | have tied sb up |
| you | have tied sb up |
| he;she;it | has tied sb up |
| we | have tied sb up |
| you | have tied sb up |
| they | have tied sb up |
Past
| I | tied sb up |
| you | tied sb up |
| he;she;it | tied sb up |
| we | tied sb up |
| you | tied sb up |
| they | tied sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had tied sb up |
| you | had tied sb up |
| he;she;it | had tied sb up |
| we | had tied sb up |
| you | had tied sb up |
| they | had tied sb up |
Future
| I | will tie sb up |
| you | will tie sb up |
| he;she;it | will tie sb up |
| we | will tie sb up |
| you | will tie sb up |
| they | will tie sb up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tied sb up |
| you | will have tied sb up |
| he;she;it | will have tied sb up |
| we | will have tied sb up |
| you | will have tied sb up |
| they | will have tied sb up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tie sb up |
| you | tie sb up |
| he;she;it | tie sb up |
| we | tie sb up |
| you | tie sb up |
| they | tie sb up |
Perfect
| I | have tied sb up |
| you | have tied sb up |
| he;she;it | have tied sb up |
| we | have tied sb up |
| you | have tied sb up |
| they | have tied sb up |
Imperfect
| I | tied sb up |
| you | tied sb up |
| he;she;it | tied sb up |
| we | tied sb up |
| you | tied sb up |
| they | tied sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had tied sb up |
| you | had tied sb up |
| he;she;it | had tied sb up |
| we | had tied sb up |
| you | had tied sb up |
| they | had tied sb up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tie sb up |
| you | would tie sb up |
| he;she;it | would tie sb up |
| we | would tie sb up |
| you | would tie sb up |
| they | would tie sb up |
Perfect
| I | would have tied sb up |
| you | would have tied sb up |
| he;she;it | would have tied sb up |
| we | would have tied sb up |
| you | would have tied sb up |
| they | would have tied sb up |
Imperative
| you | tie sb up |
| we | Let's tie sb up |
| you | tie sb up |
Verbs conjugated like 'tie'
assoilyie,
belie,
bisie,
destrie,
destruie,
die,
drie,
envie,
forelie,
forlie,
gie,
herie,
hie,
misgie,
noie,
outlie,
outvie,
pie,
prie,
revie, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tie'
die,
gie,
hie,
lie,
pie,
sie,
tee,
the,
tic,
tice,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bind
- fasten, knot
- connect
- attach, fasten, join, link, lock, unite, knit, yoke
- equal
- draw, match, parallel
Antonyms
- bind
- unbind, unloose, release, untie
- equal
- unequal, uneven, disparate, unlike
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ back something,
~ something back,
~ down something,
~ down somebody,
~ something down,
~ somebody down,
~ in,
~ in with something,
~ up somebody,
~ up something,
~ somebody up,
~ something up,
~ up,
Etymology
1. "that with which anything is tied," O.E.
teag, from P.Gmc.
*taugo (cf. O.N.
taug "tie,"
tygill "string"), from PIE
*deuk- "to pull, to lead" (cf. O.E.
teon "to draw, pull, drag;" see duke). Fig. sense is recorded from 1555. Meaning "equality between competitors" is first found 1680, from notion of a connecting link (
tie-breaker is recorded from 1961). Sense of "necktie, cravat" first recorded 1761. The railway sense of "transverse sleeper" is from 1857, Amer.Eng. The verb is from O.E.
tigan, tiegan. In the noun sense of "connection,"
tie-in dates from 1934.
Tie-dye first attested 1904.
Tie one on "get drunk" is recorded from 1951.
2. From Middle English teien, teiȝen, from Old English tīġan, tīeġan, from Proto-West Germanic *taugijan, from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to tug, draw”). Cognate with Icelandic teygja. See: Proto-Germanic '
*taugijaną', Icelandic '
teygja'.
Verbs referencing "tie"
Sranan
tai.
Sample Sentences
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[...] as we take them. At whist we remain with exemplary gravity (deducting a short time for tea and toast ) until eleven o’clock, or thereabouts; when the captain comes down again, in a sou’-wester hat tied under his chin, and a pilot-coat: making the ground wet where he stands. By this time the card-playing is over, and the bottles and glasses are again upon the table; and after an hour 's pleasant [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] began striking me. I held his hand, and then he screamed and kicked and ran to his father, and told him that I was fighting him. He came in a rage, and said he'd teach me who was my master; and he tied me to a tree, and cut switches for young master, and told him that he might whip me till he was tired; — and he did do it ! If I don't make him remember it, some time ! ” and the brow of the young [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] him to buy her with me, that she might have at least one child with her; and he kicked her away with his heavy boot. I saw him do it; and the last that I heard was her moans and screams, when I was tied to his horse's neck, to be carried off to his place. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] horses, and are usually as dirty as the coach. The first was dressed like a very shabby English baker; the second like a Russian peasant: for he wore a loose purple camlet robe, with a fur collar, tied round his waist with a parti-coloured worsted sash; grey trousers; light blue gloves: and a cap of bearskin. It had by this time come on to rain very heavily, and there was a cold damp mist [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] was duly shown a model prison on the solitary system, just erected, and as yet without an inmate; the trunk of an old tree to which Harris, the first settler here (afterwards buried under it ), was tied by hostile Indians, with his funeral pile about him, when he was saved by the timely appearance of a friendly party on the opposite shore of the river; the local legislature (for there was another [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Rachel now took down a snowy moulding-board, and, tying on an apron, proceeded quietly to making up some biscuits, first saying to Mary,—“Mary, hadn't thee better tell John to get a chicken ready ? ” and Mary disappeared accordingly.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of a blow to the little woman, that when we were within twenty miles of our destination, it became clearly necessary to put this baby to bed. But she got over it with the same good humour; tied a handkerchief round her head; and came out into the little gallery with the rest. Then, such an oracle as she became in reference to the localities ! and such facetiousness as was displayed by [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] tape and needle box is four; and my band-box, five; and my collar-box; and that little hair trunk, seven. What have you done with your sunshade ? Give it to me, and let me put a paper round it, and tie it to my umbrella with my shade; — there, now. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The horses belonging to the bar, the judge, and witnesses, were tied to temporary racks set up roughly in the road; by which is to be understood, a forest path, nearly knee-deep in mud and slime.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ It's a beautiful bouquet ! ” said Eva, looking at it. ~~~ It was rather a singular one,—a brilliant scarlet geranium, and one single white japonica, with its glossy leaves. It was tied up with an evident eye to the contrast of color, and the arrangement of every leaf had carefully been studied.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)