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Tied Up — Single by Olivia Newton John from the album Olivia s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Released 1983 Format Vinyl, 7 , Promo … Wikipedia
tied up — adjective 1. ) if someone is tied up, they are very busy 2. ) AMERICAN if traffic is tied up, it is not moving very quickly 3. ) if your money is tied up in something, it is being used for that thing and you cannot use it for anything else: A lot … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tied — [ taıd ] adjective BRITISH 1. ) a tied house is a house you live in while you are doing a particular job but must leave when you leave your job 2. ) a tied house or PUB is a PUB that can only sell beer produced by one company … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tied — index bound, cohesive (sticking), compound, equal, inextricable, interrelated, related Burton s Legal Thesa … Law dictionary
tied — ► ADJECTIVE 1) Brit. (of accommodation) occupied subject to the tenant s working for its owner. 2) (of a public house) owned and controlled by a brewery … English terms dictionary
tied — boun·tied; cav·i·tied; du·tied; pri·or·i·tied; prop·er·tied; qual·i·tied; tied; un·tied; cross·tied; … English syllables
tied up — UK / US adjective 1) if someone is tied up, they are very busy 2) if your money is tied up in something, it is being used for that thing and you cannot use it for anything else A lot of their money is tied up in property. 3) American if traffic… … English dictionary
Tied — Tie Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti[ e]gan, fr. te[ a]g, te[ a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. te[ o]n to draw, to pull. See {Tug}, v. t., and cf. {Tow} to drag.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tied up — Synonyms and related words: absorbed in, at it, at work, bound, burdened with debt, busy, caught up in, deep in debt, embarrassed, employed, encumbered, engaged, enmeshed in, entangled in, far gone, fettered, full of business, hampered,… … Moby Thesaurus
tied up — ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, oft ADJ with/in n If someone or something is tied up, they are busy or being used, with the result that they are not available for anything else. [INFORMAL] He s tied up with his new book. He s working hard, you know...… … English dictionary
tied — Synonyms and related words: affiliate, affiliated, aground, alike, allied, anchored, assembled, associate, associated, at par, au pair, banded together, beholden, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, bracketed, caught, chained, collateral,… … Moby Thesaurus
