verb
- Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it.
- synonyms: truss
- Secure with or as if with ropes.
- usage: "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
- Support structurally.
- usage: "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
- synonyms: truss
adjective
- Bound or secured closely.
- usage: "the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed chicken"
- synonyms: tied
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