Lexicon: tie – Tim

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tie (-d), v. [OE 'bind'.]

  1. Attach; fasten; secure.
  2. Put on.
  3. Hold by a rope; restrict to one place; [fig.] constrain; restrain; capture; hold by force.

tier, n. [Fr. tire, suite, sequence, range, order.]

tiger, n. [OFr tigre.]

tight (-er, -est), adj. [ON þéhtr.]

tighten (-ing, -s), v. [see tight, a.]

till, prep. [ON til.] (webplay: come, doubtless, dress, Eden, garden, God, reach, Saxon, seed, set, strain).

  1. Up to the time that; before; during the whole time before.
  2. Up to the time of.
  3. To the degree that; to the point that.
  4. For the time when.

till (-ed, -ing), v. [OE tilian, to strive, acquire.]

  1. Cultivate; plow; prepare for seed.
  2. [Fig.] stir up; delve into.

tillage, n. [see till, v.]

Pasture; food; crops cultivated for the feeding of livestock.

tilt (-s), n. [ME tild, teld.]

Lean; incline; sway; shift; move.

Tim, proper n. [Clipping of Timothy; L. < Gk 'dear to God'.]

Young boy; possibly Tiny Tim Cratchit; lame child who goes to church with his father on Christmas Day; beloved character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.