tie down

/taɪ daʊn/

/taɪ daʊn/

Other forms: tied down; tying down; ties down

Definitions of tie down

1. verb

   secure with or as if with ropes
   “tie down the prisoners”

   synonyms: bind, tie up, truss

   types:

   chain up

   tie up with chains

   faggot, faggot up, fagot

   bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot

   faggot, fagot

   fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them

   hog-tie

   tie together somebody's limbs

   type of:

   confine, hold, restrain

   to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
2. verb

   restrain from independence by an obligation
   “He was tied down by his work”

   type of:

   bind, hold, obligate, oblige

   bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted