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Tie is a related term of combine.


As a noun tie

is key.

As a proper noun combine is

(colloquial) london underground.

tie

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A knot; a fastening.
  • A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
    • (Young)
  • A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
  • The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
    • It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
  • 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.
  • A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
    • the sacred ties''' of friendship or of duty; the '''ties of allegiance
  • * Young
    • No distance breaks the tie of blood.
  • (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
    • Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
  • (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
  • (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).
  • (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
    • The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
  • (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).
  • (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
  • (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
  • (graph theory) connection between two vertices.
    • Usage notes
    * In cricket, a tie'' and a ''draw are not the same. See .
    Synonyms
    * (situation where one or more participants in a competition are placed equally) draw * (horizontal member that supports railway lines) sleeper (British)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , (m).

    Verb

  • To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
    • Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
    Tie the rope to this tree.
  • To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
    • Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
  • To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
    • Tie him to the tree.
  • * Fairfax
    • In bond of virtuous love together tied .
  • To secure (something) by string or the like.
    • Tie your shoes.
  • * Dryden
    • Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
    • They tied for third place.
    They tied the game.
  • (US) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
    • He tied me for third place.
  • (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
    • Synonyms
    * fasten
    Antonyms
    * unfasten * untie
    Derived terms
    * tie down * tie-in, tie in * tie the knot * tie up

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    combine

    English

    Verb

    (combin)
  • To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
  • * (John Dryden)
    • You with your foes combine , / And seem your own destruction to design.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott)
    • So sweet did harp and voice combine .
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  • To have two or more things or properties that function together.
    • Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
  • To come together; to unite.
    • two substances that easily combine
  • (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
  • (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • I am combined by a sacred vow.

    Derived terms

    * combination * combinable * combinatory * combined * recombine

    Synonyms

    * fuse * merge * unite

    Antonyms

    * divide * separate * disunite

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A combine harvester
    • We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
  • A combination
  • # Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.
  • The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
  • # An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former .