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Definition of Tie down

1. Verb. Secure with or as if with ropes. "They want to tie down the prisoners "; "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

2. Verb. Restrain from independence by an obligation. "He was tied down by his work"

Definition of Tie down

1. Verb. to constrain, or to confine within set limits. ¹

2. Verb. to secure as if with a rope or hook. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tie Down

tie tie-break tie-dye tie-dyed tie-dyeing tie-dyes tie-dying tie-in tie-ins tie-on

tie-over dressing tie-up tie back tie beam tie clip tie down tie dye tie in tie ins tie one on

tie rack tie receptor tyrosine kinase tie rod tie someone's hands tie tack tie tacks tie the knot tie up tie up loose ends tie wrap

Literary usage of Tie down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... fact tie down the breasts. EARTHQUAKES.—An earthquake is not a phenomenon often experienced by the foreign resident in China. ..."

2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"tie down—(DOD, NATO) The fastening or securing of a load to its carrier by use of ropes, cables or other means to prevent shifting during transport. ..."

3. Ole Rabbit's Plantation Stories as Told Among the Negroes of the Southwest by Mary Alicia Owen (1898)
"he said, " De silk am ter tie yo' frens unter yo', de yahn am tcr tie down all de ... May hit tie down all ..."

4. Lectures and Sermons by Thomas Nicolas Burke (1872)
"Where is that to be found which will either tie down the passions altogether, or, if they occasionally rise up, put them down again and not allow them to ..."

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