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tie down
Overview of verb tie-down
The verb tie down has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. tie down, tie up, bind, truss -- (secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed")
2. tie down -- (restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied down by his work")
Antonyms of verb tie-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tie-down
2 senses of tie down
Sense 1
tie down, tie up, bind, truss
=> restrain, confine, hold
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
tie down
=> oblige, bind, hold, obligate
=> relate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tie-down
1 of 2 senses of tie down
Sense 1
tie down, tie up, bind, truss
=> chain up
=> faggot, fagot, faggot up
=> faggot, fagot
=> hog-tie
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tie-down
2 senses of tie down
Sense 1
tie down, tie up, bind, truss
=> restrain, confine, hold
Sense 2
tie down
=> oblige, bind, hold, obligate
'Cause To' of verb tie-down
Derived Forms of verb tie-down
Domain of verb tie-down
Domain Terms of verb tie-down
Familiarity of verb tie-down
tie down used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb tie-down
2 senses of tie down
Sense 1
tie down, tie up, bind, truss
EX: They want to tie down the prisoners
Sense 2
tie down
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb tie-down
2 senses of tie down
Sense 1
tie down, tie up, bind, truss
> restrain, confine, hold
=> tie down, tie up, bind, truss
=> fetter, shackle
=> enchain
=> pinion, shackle
=> impound, pound
=> pound, pound up
=> pen up, fold
=> ground
Sense 2
tie down
> oblige, bind, hold, obligate
=> pledge
=> article
=> indenture, indent
=> tie down
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tie-down
Sense 1
tie down, tie up, bind, truss
=> restrain, confine, hold
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Sense 2
tie down
=> oblige, bind, hold, obligate
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