tied

«tied» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the past form of tie: she tied a knot — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form, adjective (tie, tied)

meaning for a pupil

1) Tied is the past form of tie: she tied a knot. tree →

2) Tied means having the same score as another team or player. tree →

3) Tied means fixed with string or rope. tree →

4) Tied up means busy, or not free to use: my money is tied up. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: tied knots or bows; equal scores in a game: «tied at 10» means both scores are 10; «tied in groups of 5» means equal groups (divide or multiply). Everyday: tongue-tied (too shy to speak), tied up with work.

examples

• And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. (Prophets 1SA.6.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• She tied 4 ribbons on the box. tree →
• The teams were tied at 10 points. tree →
• He tied the balloons together in groups of 5. tree →
• The score was tied after the first half. tree →
• The dog was tied to the gate. tree →
• I was so nervous I got tongue-tied. tree →
• Mum is tied up at work until six. tree →
• A long iron chain was tied to the collar. tree →

note

Past and past participle of tie. «Tied at 10» means both scores are 10. «Tied in groups of 5» means equal groups (divide or multiply). Trap: «tied» sounds like «tide» (the sea going in and out).

In the corpora

• And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• The teddy bear is named after US President Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1902 refused to shoot a bear tied up on a hunt.
• Builders in Hong Kong still use bamboo scaffolding tied with plastic strips, though more and more metal scaffolding is used there too.
• O my poor shin!»; the Rat tied it up with his handkerchief.
• Pan-pipes are a row of reed pipes of different lengths tied together and blown across the top.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tied» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.