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Tying

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Present participle of tie.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Action of the verb to tie; ligature.

n. The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

v. Present participle of tie.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

p. pr. of tie.

n. The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of fastening with a string, rope, or chain; also, a fastening: as, the tyings were of blue silk.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the act of tying or binding things together

Word Usage

"Liberty Times: Opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union Chairman Huang Kun-hui said the legislative decision to put the ECFA directly to a second reading amid tussles among lawmakers signified the legitimacy of the party's initiative to hold a national referendum on the trade pact, which he described as tying Taiwan closer to China."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

attachment fastening

Variant

tie

Hyponym

ligation

Verb Stem

tie

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

allying applying belying buying complying crying decrying defying denying drying