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will tie me up till Tuesday. b use, take up, encroach on,
impose on: I won't tie up your time any longer. c stop, halt,
bring to a standstill: The traffic was tied up for hours. d
commit, oblige, obligate, bind: We have tied up all their
output for a year. e See 1, above. f See 2, above.
--n. 8 link, fastening, bond, band, connection, tie-up,
relationship, affiliation, liaison, involvement, entanglement:
Isn't there some tie between those two companies? 9 string,
cord, lace, rope, thong, ribbon, band, ligature, shoelace, line,
leash, stop: The tie of her dressing-gown came loose. 10
equality, dead heat, deadlock, draw, stalemate: When there is a
tie, the game ought to go into 'sudden death' overtime. 11
cravat, US necktie: Please put on a tie for dinner. 12 railway
tie, sleeper: Ties in Europe are now made of concrete.
tie-in n. tie-up, relationship, relation, association, connection,
link, linkage: They say that there is a tie-in between smoking
and lung cancer.
tier n. row, line, level, order, range, course, series, stratum,
layer, echelon, file, rank, storey: The trireme is said to have
had three tiers of oarsmen.
tie-up n. 1 US and Canadian slow-down, slow-up, entanglement,
stoppage, jam, log-jam, traffic jam, delay, congestion: The
tie-up was caused by fog on the highway. 2 See tie-in, above.
tiff n. (petty) quarrel, disagreement, misunderstanding, dispute,
argument, difference (of opinion), squabble, bicker, row,
wrangle, US spat: Clare and Geoff have had their first tiff.
tiffin n. luncheon, lunch, light repast, snack: The new arrivals were
to join us for tiffin.
tight adj. 1 secure, firm, fast, fixed, secured, close-fitting, snug,
sealed, hermetically sealed, leak-proof, hermetic, impervious,
impenetrable, impermeable, airtight, watertight, waterproof,:
Make sure that the lid is tight. 2 taut, stretched, tense,
constricting, (too) small, ill-fitting: She was wearing a very
tight dress. 3 strict, binding, restrictive, stringent, severe,
tough, uncompromising, unyielding, rigorous, stern, austere,
autocratic, harsh, hard and fast, inflexible: You can't get