"tie up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-tie up.ogg [Australia] Forms: ties up [present, singular, third-person], tying up [participle, present], tied up [participle, past], tied up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tie up (third-person singular simple present ties up, present participle tying up, simple past and past participle tied up)
  1. To secure with rope, string, etc. Translations (to secure with rope, etc.): δέω (déō) (Ancient Greek), رَبَطَ (rabaṭa) (Arabic), завя́зваць (zavjázvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), завяза́ць (zavjazácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), прывя́зваць (pryvjázvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), прывяза́ць (pryvjazácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), звя́зваць (zvjázvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), звяза́ць (zvjazácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), привързвам (privǎrzvam) (Bulgarian), 捆綁 (kǔnbǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 捆紮 (kǔnzā, kǔnzhá, kǔnzhā) (Chinese Mandarin), 捆住 (kǔnzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (jì) (Chinese Mandarin), vastbinden (Dutch), ligi (Esperanto), sitoa (Finnish), köyttää (Finnish), ligoter (French), atar (Galician), apreixar (Galician), festbinden (German), fesseln (German), binden (German), anbinden (German), zubinden (German), ñapytĩ (Guaraní), köyttää (Ingrian), ligar (Interlingua), 括る (kukuru) (alt: くくる) (Japanese), 묶다 (mukda) (Korean), ligō (Latin), alligō (Latin), vinciō (Latin), renarena (Maori), zawiązywać [imperfective] (Polish), związać [perfective] (Polish), przywiązywać [imperfective] (Polish), przywiązać [perfective] (Polish), związywać [imperfective] (Polish), atar (Portuguese), amarrar (Portuguese), завя́зывать (zavjázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), завяза́ть (zavjazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), привя́зывать (privjázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), привяза́ть (privjazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), связа́ть (svjazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), зав'я́зувати (zavʺjázuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зав'яза́ти (zavʺjazáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), прив'я́зувати (pryvʺjázuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), прив'яза́ти (pryvʺjazáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зв'я́зувати (zvʺjázuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зв'яза́ти (zvʺjazáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), צובינדן (tsubindn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-tie_up-en-verb-uIlJldwF Disambiguation of 'to secure with rope, etc.': 93 3 2 2
  2. (idiomatic) To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tie_up-en-verb-bcpSxCvd
  3. (idiomatic) To complete, finish, or resolve. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tie_up-en-verb-~QBnPcKf
  4. (finance) To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable. Categories (topical): Finance Translations (to immobilize a capital.): замразявам (zamrazjavam) (Bulgarian), immobiliser (French), festlegen (German), unieruchomić (Polish)
    Sense id: en-tie_up-en-verb-YYhaXMfH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 9 10 77 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 7 12 13 68 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'to immobilize a capital.': 1 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tie up loose ends Related terms: tie-up

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ligoter"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "atar"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "apreixar"
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          "word": "fesseln"
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          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "ñapytĩ"
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          "word": "köyttää"
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          "word": "ligar"
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          "alt": "くくる",
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          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "括る"
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "묶다"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "ligō"
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          "_dis1": "93 3 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "alligō"
        },
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          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "vinciō"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "renarena"
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          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "atar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "word": "amarrar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavjázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "word": "завя́зывать"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavjazátʹ",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "word": "завяза́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "privjázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "word": "привя́зывать"
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          "roman": "privjazátʹ",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "word": "привяза́ть"
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          "_dis1": "93 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "svjázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "word": "свя́зывать"
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          "roman": "svjazátʹ",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zavʺjázuvaty",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "зав'я́зувати"
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          "_dis1": "93 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zavʺjazáty",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "word": "зав'яза́ти"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pryvʺjázuvaty",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "прив'я́зувати"
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          "_dis1": "93 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pryvʺjazáty",
          "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
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          "roman": "zvʺjázuvaty",
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          "code": "yi",
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          "text": "He has been tying up the phone lines for hours now.",
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          "ref": "1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3",
          "text": "Just how much traffic was tied up was not immediately determined but in Houston about 150 cars of grain arrived yesterday and could not be transferred to the port because of the Port Terminal Railroad picketing.",
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          "text": "I'd like to tie up the project before I leave.",
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          "text": "Don't tie up your capital in aging accounts.",
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        "To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable."
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        "(finance) To immobilize a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable."
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        "finance"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 2 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zamrazjavam",
          "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
          "word": "замразявам"
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
          "word": "immobiliser"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
          "word": "festlegen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rabaṭa",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "رَبَطَ"
    },
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      "roman": "zavjázvacʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "завя́зваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zavjazácʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "завяза́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryvjázvacʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прывя́зваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryvjazácʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прывяза́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvjázvacʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "звя́зваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvjazácʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "звяза́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "privǎrzvam",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "привързвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǔnbǎng",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "捆綁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǔnzā, kǔnzhá, kǔnzhā",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "捆紮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǔnzhù",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "捆住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "繫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jì",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "系"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "vastbinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "ligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "sitoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "köyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "ligoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "atar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "apreixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "festbinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "fesseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "binden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "anbinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "zubinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "déō",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "δέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "ñapytĩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "köyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "ligar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くくる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kukuru",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "括る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mukda",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "묶다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "ligō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "alligō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "vinciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "renarena"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawiązywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "związać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przywiązywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przywiązać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "związywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "związać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "atar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "amarrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavjázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "завя́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavjazátʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "завяза́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privjázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "привя́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privjazátʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "привяза́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "свя́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjazátʹ",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "связа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zavʺjázuvaty",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зав'я́зувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zavʺjazáty",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зав'яза́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryvʺjázuvaty",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прив'я́зувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryvʺjazáty",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прив'яза́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvʺjázuvaty",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зв'я́зувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvʺjazáty",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зв'яза́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsubindn",
      "sense": "to secure with rope, etc.",
      "word": "צובינדן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamrazjavam",
      "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
      "word": "замразявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
      "word": "immobiliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
      "word": "festlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to immobilize a capital.",
      "word": "unieruchomić"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tie up"
}

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