) with which something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages" a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam" one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value equality of score in a contest form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie" limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc
A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines
a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature
A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site