tying up

1. 1.

   the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

   Synonymsdockingmooragedockage

   Broaderarrival

Questions about tying up

What does tying up mean?

tying up means "the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes".

What is another word for tying up?

Close synonyms include docking, moorage, dockage. 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.