tying

«tying» in Mova's school dictionary: Fastening something with string, rope, laces or a knot:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (-ing form of tie)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fastening something with string, rope, laces or a knot: "tying my shoelaces". tree →

2) Making a knot or bow. tree →

3) In games, getting the same score as another player or team: "They are tying the game." tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life young children learn tying their shoelaces; scouts and sailors learn tying knots. In maths and sports, "tying" means having equal scores. Phrases: tying shoelaces, tying a knot, tying up, tying a bow.

examples

• I am tying my shoelaces. tree →
• She is tying a ribbon on the present. tree →
• Dad is tying the boat to the pier. tree →
• Tying knots is a useful skill when camping. tree →
• The teams are tying at two goals each. tree →
• He was tying up the newspapers for recycling. tree →
• Tying all the four corners together in a knot, he threw the light bundle of grass over his shoulder. tree →

note

Spelling trap: "tie" becomes "tying" (ie changes to y before -ing), like "lie, lying" and "die, dying". Past: "tied". In maths and sport, a tie means equal scores: 3 and 3 is a tie.

In the corpora

• Practical skills, such as tying shoelaces, are learned by practising slowly while an adult shows you step by step.

Trees and pragmatics

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