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tie
  1. A knot; a fastening.
  2. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
  3. A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
  4. The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
  5. A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
  6. A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
  7. (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
  8. (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
  9. (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
  10. (sports, Britain) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
  11. (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).
  12. (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
  13. (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
  14. (graph theory) connection between two vertices.
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  16. Examples:
    1. “I ripped away the covers and fought at the tie on my robe.”
      “She tossed the sack onto her bed and walked back to the door, then struggled to undo the tie on her hat.”
      “The opportunities afforded to him were, in large part thanks, to his family tie to Fairfax.”
tying
  1. Action of the verb to tie; ligature.
  2. (mining) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The intricate tying of knots is an essential skill for any sailor.”
tiewig
  1. A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up.
  2. A wig that is tied upon the head.
tiebeam
  1. (architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.
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tiebreak
  1. (sports) A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The French-Canadian made a fight of it after losing the first set 6-0 but finally succumbed after a 10-8 tiebreak.”
      “The two then held serve to force a tiebreak, although Venus had to save one set point during the 12 th game.”
      “At 30-30, there is a 19-stroke rally which is won by Robredo and he goes on to take the game and force the tiebreak.”
tiepin
  1. A tie tack, a pin or stud used to secure a tie to the shirt.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Surely a policeman can't be the murderer, though Jack did find a policeman's tiepin in the hotel room.”
      “The only clue to the man's identity is a tiepin that he left behind in his hasty retreat.”
      “It's really aggravating, but I don't want to wear a tiepin and look like a total geek either.”
tiebar
  1. A flat bar used as a tie in construction work.
tiebreaker
  1. Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But he managed only one service winner and no aces in the final tiebreaker.”
      “Haley and I sat on the swings, while Chad and Dominic continued their tiebreaker round of wrestling.”
      “He had shot his bolt in that third-game tiebreaker and the 9-0 fourth was the price he paid.”
tiemaker
  1. Someone who makes ties.
ties
tiebreakers
  1. plural of tiebreaker
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  3. Examples:
    1. “There also is a strong possibility the Raiders could miss the play-offs, because like the Patriots, they lose virtually all tiebreakers.”
      “All games were keenly contested and several matches were decided on tiebreakers.”
      “The Falcons would lose tiebreakers to NFC teams Dallas and Minnesota if the play offs began today.”
tiemakers
  1. plural of tiemaker
tiebreaks
tiebeams
tiebars
  1. plural of tiebar
tiewigs
  1. plural of tiewig
tiepins
tyings
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