tied

Etymology

adj

1. Closely associated or Connected.
   As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.
   It is financially too tied to West Germany to exist by itself, he explained . October 19, 1961, “Berliner Discusses ' Problem”, in Daily Collegian, State College, PA
   The fact that we weren't tied together as a team last year cost us the championship. Houston was more tied together as a team than us." March 16, 1995, “Team Turmoil: No Peace, No Chance”, in New York Daily News
   One straightforward way of taking advantage of these similarities to provide more data for training the model parameters is to use the same Gaussian distributions to represent all the states of all models, with only the mixture weights being state-specific. Thus the distribution parameters are tied across the different states, and this type of model is often referred to as a tied mixture. 2001, Wendy Holmes, Speech Synthesis and Recognition, page 151
   But this time -- because of the rare and dangerous threat of widespread price declines -- the anticipated rate cut is even more tied to mental mechanics. June 24, 2003, “Why Cut Rates Again When Recovery Is Near?”, in Hartford (CT) Courant
   Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that his chief rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, was too closely tied to the Washington status quo to bring about change. March 27, 2008, “Obama: Clinton too tied to DC insiders”, in Myrtle Beach (NC) Sun News
2. Restricted.
   The city has at times fogged the outside-ocala area, but the county claims its hands are too tied, legally and financially, for it to render much aid. September 18, 1962, “29 Escape By Tunnel”, in Ocala (FL) Star-Banner
   Unquestionably many persons, guilty as sin, will now go free because the policeman's hands are tied, even more tied than they were as the result of similar decisions over the last five years. June 15, 1966, “How Far Will The High Court Go?”, in Eugene (OR) Register-Guard
3. Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
   There are two distinct ways in which tied aid can undermine the value of aid to the recipient: overpricing and distorting the nature of aid. 1996, Colin H. Kirkpatrick, John Weiss, Cost-benefit Analysis and Project Appraisal in Developing Countries, page 163
4. (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
   That tied score will require a “sudden death” round where Barnes can deliver a finishing move on Daniel. 2013, Larry Powell, Tom Garrett, The Films of John G. Avildsen, page 181
5. Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
   For generations farmers had argued that tied cottages were a perk and necessary to keep good workers, yet the reality for literally thousands was very different. 2003, Alun Howkins, The Death of Rural England, page 174
   Traditionally, the vast majority of public houses were owned or controlled as brewers' tied estates, usually operated on a regional basis. 2006, Andrew W. Cox, Paul Ireland, Mike Townsend, Managing in Construction Supply Chains and Markets, page 216
6. (archaeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
7. (philately) A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of tie