To fasten or secure with or as if with a cord, rope, or strap, To confine or restrict as if with cord, To equal an opponent's score in (a contest), noun_ Something which binds or unites, in a figurative sense; a bond; an obligation, moral or legal_ as, the ties of blood or of friendship, A cravat, usually a simple one knotted in front; a necktie, Music A curved line above or below two notes of the same pitch, indicating that the tone is to be sustained for their combined duration