tie down

Questions about tie down

What does tie down mean?

tie down means "secure with or as if with ropes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tie down?

Close synonyms include tie up, bind, truss. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tie down a common word?

tie down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.