Tied vs Trussed - What's the difference?
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(sports) That resulted in a tie.
* Only two tied Test matches have occurred in the 2,000 Tests played since 1877.
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A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
* {{quote-book
, year=2008
, author=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
, title=Professional Guide to Diseases
, chapter=4
, isbn=0781778999
, page=280
, passage=A truss may keep the abdominal contents from protruding into the hernial sac; however, this won't cure the hernia.}}
(architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
(architecture) A triangular bracket.
An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
(obsolete) A bundle; a package.
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(historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
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(historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
(botany) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
(nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
To tie up a bird before cooking it.
To secure or bind with ropes.
To support.
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
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To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
(slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up .
As verbs the difference between tied and trussed
is that tied is past tense of tie while trussed is past tense of truss.As an adjective tied
is connected.tied
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Adjective
(en adjective)- As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* diet * edit * tide ----trussed
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Verb
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*truss
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(wikipedia truss)Noun
(trusses)- bearing a truss of trifles at his back
- Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss , which bore / The stains of ancient arms.
Verb
(es)- who trussing me as eagle doth his prey
- (Sir Walter Scott)