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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. secure with or as if with ropes;
- Example: "tie down the prisoners"
- Example: "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
[syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss]

2. restrain from independence by an obligation;
- Example: "He was tied down by his work"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tie down
    v 1: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners";
         "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling
         shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss]
    2: restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied
       down by his work"