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Noun tying up has 1 sense
- docking, moorage, tying up - the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
--1 is a kind of arrival
Verb tie up has 5 senses
- tie down, tie up, bind, truss - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
--1 is one way to restrain, confine, hold
Sample sentence:
They want to tie up the prisoners
- tie up - invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"
--2 is one way to invest, put, commit, place
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
--3 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- moor, berth, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
--4 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tie up, bind off - finish the last row
--5 is one way to tie, bind
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Somebody ----s something
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