Definitions for tie up
tie up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. affiliation, association, tie, tie-upnoun

   a social or business relationship

   "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

2. stand, standstill, tie-upverb

   an interruption of normal activity

3. tie down, tie up, bind, trussverb

   secure with or as if with ropes

   "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

4. tie upverb

   invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes

   "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"

5. tie upverb

   restrain from moving or operating normally

   "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"

6. moor, berth, tie upverb

   secure in or as if in a berth or dock

   "tie up the boat"

7. tie up, bind offverb

   finish the last row

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tie upverb

   To secure with rope, string, etc.

2. tie upverb

   To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.

3. tie upverb

   To complete, finish, or resolve.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tie up

   Tie up generally refers to the action of securing or restricting someone or something using a string, rope, or other material. It can also mean occupying or engaging someone or something to the extent that they are unable to do anything else. Additionally, in nautical context, it refers to the act of securing a boat or ship with lines.

Matched Categories

1. • Invest
   • Knitting
   • Obstruct
   • Restrain
   • Secure
   • Tie

Anagrams for tie up »

1. uptie

How to pronounce tie up?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tie up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tie up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of tie up in a Sentence

1. Simeon Siegel:

   A retailer doesn't want to tie up their inventory dollars in products that aren't moving.

2. Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius:

   The full scale deployment would tie up a lot of capital with some uncertainties around the earnings potential, at this juncture we said to be the first one, does not make sense.

3. Olive Schreiner:

   We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.

4. Michael Zeldin:

   That will send him down a path that for the next few years that would tie up his presidency in ways that are not in his best interests legally or politically.

5. Ethiopian Proverb:

   When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tie up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tie_Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com