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# tying

«tying» in Mova's school dictionary: **Fastening something with string, rope, laces or a knot:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (-ing form of tie)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fastening something with string, rope, laces or a knot: "tying my shoelaces". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#m1)

2) Making a knot or bow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#m2)

3) In games, getting the same score as another player or team: "They are tying the game." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life young children learn tying their shoelaces; scouts and sailors learn tying knots. In maths and sports, "tying" means having equal scores. Phrases: tying shoelaces, tying a knot, tying up, tying a bow.

### examples

- I am tying my shoelaces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#x1)
- She is tying a ribbon on the present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#x2)
- Dad is tying the boat to the pier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#x3)
- Tying knots is a useful skill when camping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#x4)
- The teams are tying at two goals each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#x5)
- He was tying up the newspapers for recycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#x6)
- Tying all the four corners together in a knot, he threw the light bundle of grass over his shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tying/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: "tie" becomes "tying" (ie changes to y before -ing), like "lie, lying" and "die, dying". Past: "tied". In maths and sport, a tie means equal scores: 3 and 3 is a tie.

### In the corpora

- [Practical skills, such as tying shoelaces, are learned by practising slowly while an adult shows you step by step.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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