fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
something that hinders as if with bonds
Join
cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
ENLACE
spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
EVEN
Odds of one to one
used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"
to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"
in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
make even or more even
to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
become even or more even; "even out the surface"
make level or straight; "level the ground"
equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight"
of the score in a contest; "the score is tied"
LACE
spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces"
do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral"
make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth"
a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!"
MOOR
secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
TETHER
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
tie with a tether; "tether horses"
TRUSS
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
a cluster of flowers or fruit at the end of a stalk
support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it