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Meanings of tie in English

Portuguese
dormente
Wikidata

One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.

dormente
Portuguese
afiliação
Catalan
afiliació

A social or business relationship.

afiliação
Synonyms
Examples for "sleeper"
Examples for "sleeper"
1
Pockets of resistance remained in west Mosul, including sleeper cells, Mattis said.
Reuters
2
The pose of the Indian was the natural one of a sleeper.
The Phantom of the River
3
Catherine lost her super-sleeper status after complex shoulder surgery two years ago.
Joy bauer's food cures
4
The pillows were arranged-thedraught given; but the sleeper never awoke again.
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
5
The regular breathing of the sleeper proclaimed the soundness of his slumber.
The Mad King
1
It leaned against the woodpile to the left, thick as a railroad crosstie.
The talisman
2
And then I'd sleep like a weathered crosstie.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
3
Sleeper - Railroad crosstie.
Things To Make
4
The crosstie the boy had stepped on had given way almost entirely and flopped downward lazily, swinging on a rotten rivet.
The gunslinger
5
The bridge was okay, but the idea that I could balance me and a motorcycle on one narrow crosstie was a complete failure.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
1
The man would've made a railroad tie look like Charles Atlas.
Boy’s Life
2
The life of the average railroad tie is at least doubled by such treatment.
The School Book of Forestry
3
She set the glass down on the railroad tie.
Desert places: a novel of terror
4
He pointed to a railroad tie and kept going.
The new yorker
5
He jumped a rotten railroad tie in the lot.
The marrowbone marble company
Portuguese
ligação
Catalan
enllaç
Spanish
nudo

A fastener that serves to join or connect.

ligação
Russian
ничья
Portuguese
empate
Catalan
empat
Spanish
empate

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided.

ничья
Usage of tie in English
1
Union officials said the motion would tie their hands in future negotiations.
The Irish Times
2
The government plans to tie them to specific capital projects, she said.
The Irish Times
3
Obama's budget solution would be to tie those loans to market rates.
Reuters
4
The French company is often mentioned as a potential Fiat tie-up partner.
Reuters
5
SPCA chief scientific officer Arnja Dale said banning rope-and-tie events was necessary.
Radio NZ
6
I think it's an interesting and good way to open the tie.
The South African
7
Bush used the term to tie together Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
The Guardian
8
With four people to vote, there might, of course, be a tie.
Earth Abides
9
The Aetna-Humana tie-up would be the largest such deal among health insurers.
Reuters
10
Rio said on May 15 it remained committed to the China tie-up.
Reuters
11
Many things need to go right for a Vodafone-Liberty tie-up to happen.
Reuters
12
Times change, though, and this two-leg tie has a very different context.
The Guardian
13
A year ago, they scraped past Shakhter Karagandy in a qualifying tie.
The Guardian
14
But the all-share, no premium tie-up doesn't look great for Power investors.
Reuters
15
Reading the tie-breaker rules or applying said rules may not be adequate.
The South African
16
The tie against Tromso is hardly the main event of the week.
The Guardian
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Translations for tie
Russian
ничья
Tie through the time
Tie across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
Canada
Common
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