tie down

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verb

1. secure with or as if with ropes
- tie down the prisoners
- tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
• Syn:
tie up, bind, truss
• Derivationally related forms:
bindable (for: bind)
• Hypernyms:
restrain, confine, hold
• Hyponyms:
chain up, faggot, fagot, faggot up, hog-tie
• Entailment:
fasten, fix, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to tie down the prisoners
2. restrain from independence by an obligation
- He was tied down by his work
• Hypernyms:
oblige, bind, hold, obligate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE