tie
/tɑɪ/ n [C] (also necktie) (PIECE OF MATERIAL)Definition
› a long, thin piece of material worn esp. by men which fits under a shirt collar, is tied in a knot, and hangs down the front of the shirt: a silk tie › A tie is also any piece of string, plastic, etc., used to hold together something: Can you find the ties for the garbage bags?
(Definition of tie n (PIECE OF MATERIAL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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tidy adj NEAT
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tie down someone phrasal verb LIMIT
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tie down someone/something phrasal verb HOLD IN PLACE
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tie n connection
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tie n EQUAL FINISH
- tie n PIECE OF MATERIAL
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tie someone to something phrasal verb UNABLE TO LEAVE
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tie something in with something phrasal verb
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tie something to something phrasal verb CONNECT
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tie the knot idiom
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tie up something phrasal verb HOLD
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