tie

Everyday

1. A tie is a long narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck with a shirt. tree →
2. To tie means to join with a knot or bow: tie your shoelaces. tree →
3. A tie is when two sides get the same score: the game ended in a tie. tree →
4. To tie means to get the same score. tree →
5. Ties are close links between people: family ties. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a thing counted or bought; tying ribbons (bows per gift is a rate); a game that ends equal, so one score gives the other. School: a school tie with the uniform. Everyday: tie a knot, tie up the boat, tie your hair back, tied up (busy).

Examples

• Dad has 6 ties. tree →
• Each tie costs 15 dollars. tree →
• She ties 3 bows on each gift. tree →
• The game ended in a tie. tree →
• Can you tie your shoelaces yet? tree →
• Boys and girls wear a striped school tie. tree →
• Tie the boat to the post so it doesn't float away. tree →
• The two teams tied 2–2. tree →
• I must tie you up, or you won't keep still. tree →

Note

Verb: tie, ties, tied, tying (not «tieing»). As a thing, the item counted. «Ended in a tie» means both scores are equal, so one score gives the other. Trap: a tie in a game is a draw (UK).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: "Tie them about thy neck" is read as the root of binding the commandments, as in tefillin and tzitzit. In the primary lessons: Maths: a thing counted or bought; tying ribbons (bows per gift is a rate); a game that ends equal, so one score gives the other. School: a school tie with the uniform. Everyday: tie a knot, tie up the boat, tie your hair back, tied up (busy).

Examples

• Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck. (Writings PRO.6.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them. (Prophets 1SA.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Verb: tie, ties, tied, tying (not «tieing»). As a thing, the item counted. «Ended in a tie» means both scores are equal, so one score gives the other. Trap: a tie in a game is a draw (UK).