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dangerous, critical, thorny, fragile, awkward: As the canoe
drifted towards the waterfall, we found ourselves in a very
ticklish predicament. 3 delicate, sensitive, hypersensitive,
difficult, touchy, prickly: Cornelia is a bit ticklish on the
subject of her holiday plans.
tidy adj. 1 neat, orderly, trim, shipshape, spruce, spick and span,
clean, well-kept, well-groomed: Change your clothes and come
back when you're tidy. 2 well-organized, organized,
well-ordered, methodical, systematic, trim: They refused to
clean his office till he had made it tidy. 3 respectable,
sizeable, significant, considerable, substantial, good, goodly,
good-sized, ample, large, big, fair, generous, not
insignificant; Colloq not to be sneezed at: They settled a tidy
sum on their daughter when she was married.
--v. 4 Often, tidy up. neaten (up), straighten (out or up),
clean (up), put in order, Colloq fix (up), spruce up, organize,
reorganize, arrange, rearrange: You can't watch television
until you've tidied up your room. Please tidy up the files by
the end of the week.
tie v. 1 bind, fasten, make fast, tie up, lash, secure, truss,
attach, tether, rope, chain, moor; connect, join, knot, link,
couple, splice, unite: He keeps a vicious dog tied to a stake
in his garden. Tie the ends of the rope together. 2 bind, truss
(up), tie up, lash, pinion, restrict, confine, restrain; limit,
tie down, curtail, curb, cramp, hamper, hinder: His hands are
tied behind his back. According to the terms of the agreement,
my hands are tied and I can do nothing. 3 connect, associate,
unite, join, link, bind (up), affiliate, ally, league, team
(up): Our business interests are tied to those of the major
banks. 4 equal, even, be equal or even (with), match, be neck
and neck (with): We tied them for first place. Yesterday, we
were tied for second. 5 tie down. a clinch, secure, confirm,
Colloq nail down: I tied down the PBT contract this morning. b
restrict, restrain, constrain, confine, curtail: He won't marry
because he doesn't want to feel tied down. 6 tie in. a be
consistent, make sense, correspond, coincide, fit (in), be
logical, coordinate: His alibi ties in with the witness's
testimony. b relate, connect, link, associate, coordinate:
They cleverly tie in concern for the environment with their
product. 7 tie up. a occupy, engage, (keep) busy: This affair