"tie down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ties down [present, singular, third-person], tying down [participle, present], tied down [participle, past], tied down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tie down (third-person singular simple present ties down, present participle tying down, simple past and past participle tied down)
  1. To constrain, or to confine within set limits.
    Sense id: en-tie_down-en-verb-6L-oqOpI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 56 44 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34
  2. To secure as if with a rope or hook.
    Sense id: en-tie_down-en-verb-aM2FRfg5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tie-down [noun], tiedown [noun]

Inflected forms

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