tie
tie n
OE.
- Attachment; bond; alliance; [fig.] promise; troth; plight; friendship.
- Connection; relationship; link; [fig.] stake; interest in common; reason for living.
tie [-d] v
OE 'bind'.
- Attach; fasten; secure.
- Put on.
- Hold by a rope; restrict to one place; [fig.] constrain; restrain; capture; hold by force.