TIE DOWN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • restrain from independence by an obligation
   Usage Example(s)
   • He was tied down by his work
   Hypernyms(s) tie down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • oblige (what does oblige mean?)
   • bind (what does bind mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • obligate (what does obligate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • secure with or as if with ropes
   Synonym(s)
   • bind (what does bind mean?)
   • tie up (what does tie up mean?)
   • truss (what does truss mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • tie down the prisoners
   • tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed
   Hypernyms(s) tie down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restrain (what does restrain mean?)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chain up (what does chain up mean?)
   • faggot (what does faggot mean?)
   • fagot (what does fagot mean?)
   • faggot up (what does faggot up mean?)
   • faggot (what does faggot mean?)
   • fagot (what does fagot mean?)
   • hog-tie (what does hog-tie mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • fasten (what does fasten mean?)
   • fix (what does fix mean?)
   • secure (what does secure mean?)