tied

«tied» in Mova's school 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

• 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

• 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.
• "Tied one on" (US slang) means got drunk.

Trees and pragmatics

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