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say it: tahy
tie is a noun and verb meaning "neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front". It is pronounced /ˈtaɪ/ — tahy. It carries 18 recorded senses.
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
“he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie”
“he wore a vest and tie”
a social or business relationship
“a valuable financial affiliation”
“he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team”
“many close associations with England”
(music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
music
one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
“the British call a railroad tie a sleeper”
a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
“he needed a tie for the packages”
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
“Can you connect the two loudspeakers?”
“Tie the ropes together”
“Link arms”
unite musical notes by a tie
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tie come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.