Lexic.us

Definition of Tie up

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

2. Verb. Invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes. "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"

3. Verb. Restrain from moving or operating normally. "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"

4. Verb. Secure in or as if in a berth or dock. "Tie up the boat"

5. Verb. Finish the last row.

Definition of Tie up

1. Verb. To secure with rope, string, etc. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay. ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic) To complete, finish, or resolve. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of 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 (current term) tie up loose ends tie wrap tieback tieback wall

tiebacks tiebar tiebars tiebeam tiebeams tiebreak tiebreaker tiebreakers tiebreaking tiebreaks

Literary usage of Tie up

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

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1768)
"... the women ana g'r'i »an all together into a back apartment to tie up their hair—^and the young men to the door to ..."

2. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Worse begets worse, and a state of something like civil war is threatened. The "tie-up" is analogous to violence and often accompanied by it ..."

3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... clear evening air, and knew that peace had come again. At the bridge-head they waved me forward with gestures of welcome. " tie up your 'orse," shouted ..."

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