tie

noun
/taɪ/

A knot; a fastening.

Other meanings

A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.

Kinds of tie

bow tie
four-in-hand
string tie
skinny tie

Example sentences

“How does this tie into everything else?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Whoever speaks the truth will have to tie up the donkey.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "tēag".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tie” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.