tie down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
secure with or as if with ropes
tie down the prisoners
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
restrain from independence by an obligation
He was tied down by his work
Types & categories
- oblige hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bondable |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | fasten |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | restrain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chain up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | faggot up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fagot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hog-tie |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | oblige |