tie

1. (noun) A knot; a fastening. 2. (noun) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. 3. (noun) A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie. 4. (noun) The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally. 5. (noun) A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened. 6. (noun) A strong connection between people or groups of people. 7. (noun) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together. 8. (noun) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails. 9. (noun) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw). 10. (noun) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition. 11. (noun) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes. 12. (noun) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set. 13. (noun) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site. 14. (noun) A connection between two vertices. 15. (noun) A tiewig.