What does tie up mean?
Definitions for tie up
tie up
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tie up.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
stand, standstill, tie-upverb
an interruption of normal activity
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"
tie upverb
invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes
"All my money is tied up in long-term investments"
tie upverb
restrain from moving or operating normally
"Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
moor, berth, tie upverb
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
"tie up the boat"
tie up, bind offverb
finish the last row
Wiktionary
tie upverb
To secure with rope, string, etc.
tie upverb
To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.
tie upverb
To complete, finish, or resolve.
ChatGPT
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.
Anagrams for tie up »
uptie
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tie up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tie up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of tie up in a Sentence
That's extremely disappointing, not only are people's lives -- including emergency services workers -- put at risk, the people who do these sorts of acts tie up police resources for the investigations.
It's a little bit optimistic to believe that you can define the moves in stocks purely on the basis on stock buyback activity, it's too neat a package to tie up and tie a little bow around of and say 'perfect.' I wish it were that easy.
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
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.
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.
Translation
Find a translation for the tie up definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"tie up." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 13 May 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/tie+up>.
Discuss these tie up definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In