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# tied

«tied» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of tie: she tied a knot** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form, adjective (tie, tied)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tied is the past form of tie: she tied a knot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#m1)

2) Tied means having the same score as another team or player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#m2)

3) Tied means fixed with string or rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#m3)

4) Tied up means busy, or not free to use: my money is tied up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: tied knots or bows; equal scores in a game: «tied at 10» means both scores are 10; «tied in groups of 5» means equal groups (divide or multiply). Everyday: tongue-tied (too shy to speak), tied up with work.

### examples

- She tied 4 ribbons on the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x1)
- The teams were tied at 10 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x2)
- He tied the balloons together in groups of 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x3)
- The score was tied after the first half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x4)
- The dog was tied to the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x5)
- I was so nervous I got tongue-tied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x6)
- Mum is tied up at work until six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x7)
- A long iron chain was tied to the collar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/#x8)

### note

Past and past participle of tie. «Tied at 10» means both scores are 10. «Tied in groups of 5» means equal groups (divide or multiply). Trap: «tied» sounds like «tide» (the sea going in and out).

### In the corpora

- [The teddy bear is named after US President Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1902 refused to shoot a bear tied up on a hunt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/17/)
- [Builders in Hong Kong still use bamboo scaffolding tied with plastic strips, though more and more metal scaffolding is used there too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/11/)
- [O my poor shin!»; the Rat tied it up with his handkerchief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/15/)
- [Pan-pipes are a row of reed pipes of different lengths tied together and blown across the top.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/11/)
- ["Tied one on" (US slang) means got drunk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tied» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tied/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.