āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to tie up
[phrase form: tie]
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž, āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž
to fasten an object securely with ropes
Transitive: to tie up sth
Ditransitive: to tie up sth to sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He tied up the horse to the hitching post.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(in crocheting) to complete the final row of stitches before finishing the project
Transitive: to tie up sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After hours of knitting, she tied up the scarf with a flourish.
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to prevent something from normal movement or operation
Transitive: to tie up sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A fallen tree branch tied up the power lines, causing a temporary outage in the neighborhood.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž
to safely attach a boat in its dock
Transitive: to tie up sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fisherman needed to tie up his dinghy before heading home.
āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž
to invest money or resources in a way that restricts their availability for other uses
Ditransitive: to tie up sth in sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company tied the budget up in ambitious research projects.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
06
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to connect or link something to another thing, often making them depend on or relate to each other in some way
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The issue was tied up with past decisions.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
