Used in a Sentence

tying

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tying.

Editorial note

That means time out of service, and tying up depot maintenance.

Examples17
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Action of the verb to tie; ligature.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tying gathered in one view.

noun

Action of the verb to tie; ligature.

noun

(mining) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tying.

noun

Action of the verb to tie; ligature.

noun

(mining) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.

Example sentences

1

That means time out of service, and tying up depot maintenance.

2

Then anyone who wants this kind of anonymity can simply avoid tying their real name to the service.

3

A wise developer should use an appropriate level of robustness without tying one hand behind his own back.

4

How are you tying the petitioners back to Reddit accounts to gauge their participation rate on the site?

5

I don't think the problem is the government funding per se but the government operation, and the tying of attendance rights to location of residence.

6

Which you cannot do if you're tying them together for purposes of keeping them running.

7

So tying up resources in an common entity is probably not be the best way.

8

Either Alice on stack overflow is tying her profile there to her real-world identity, or she shouldn't be signed up for Gravatar.

9

They are destroying computing autonomy of users by tying online accounts into their products.

10

It is more about tying together moving parts in the right design.

11

Talk about tying two cats together and stuffing them in a pillowcase.

12

I think tying a base salary to performance creates a really unstable financial situation for the company and the employee.

Quote examples

1

I think the author's complaint has merit, but I don't think tying this complaint to wanting Zelda to be "saved" makes sense.

2

So, if we are tying up our brightest scientific minds with theories that cannot lead to empirical validations, can we be the primary technological superpower a 100 years from now?"...

3

The easiest thing to learn is, on the "typical knot" most people learn at childhood, if your "loops" stick out up and down instead of at the sides, then you're doing it wrong (tying a granny instead of a square knot) and need to reverse half your technique.

Proper noun examples

1

Tying up lots of capital in long-term commercial leases seems very risky and difficult to scale.

2

Tying up all Google services together with G+ really put me off the entire platform, and the reversal in some parts may be a bit too late.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tying in a sentence?

That means time out of service, and tying up depot maintenance.

What does tying mean?

Action of the verb to tie; ligature.

What part of speech is tying?

tying is commonly used as noun.