1.To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "Tie the kine to the cart." "My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck."
2.To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument."
3.To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. "In bond of virtuous love together tied."
4.To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. "Not tied to rules of policy, you find Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind."
5.(Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
6.To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
To tie down. (a)To fasten so as to prevent from rising.
(b)To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.
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