What is the meaning of tied?

verb

• Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.
  • usage: "They tied their victim to the chair"
  • synonyms: tie, bind
• Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..
  • usage: "The teams drew a tie"
  • synonyms: tie, draw
• Limit or restrict to.
  • usage: "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"
  • synonyms: tie
• Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.
  • usage: "Can you connect the two loudspeakers"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
  • synonyms: connect, link, tie, link up
• Form a knot or bow in.
  • usage: "tie a necktie"
  • synonyms: tie
• Create social or emotional ties.
  • usage: "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
  • synonyms: bind, tie, attach, bond
• Perform a marriage ceremony.
  • usage: "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
  • synonyms: marry, wed, tie, splice
• Make by tying pieces together.
  • usage: "The fishermen tied their flies"
  • synonyms: tie
• Unite musical notes by a tie.
  • synonyms: tie

adjective

• Bound or secured closely.
  • usage: "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken"
  • synonyms: trussed
• Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection.
  • usage: "people tied by blood or marriage"
• Fastened with strings or cords.
  • usage: "a neatly tied bundle"
  • synonyms: fastened
• Closed with a lace.
  • usage: "snugly laced shoes"
  • synonyms: laced
• Of the score in a contest.
  • usage: "the score is tied"
  • synonyms: even, level