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tie down: restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied down by his work"; secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

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hog tie collapse

straitjacket collapse: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person; anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"

pinion collapse: a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack; cut the wings off (of birds); bind the arms of

handcuff collapse: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

jointure collapse: (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

tether collapse: tie with a tether; "tether horses"

manacle collapse: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

pin down collapse: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"; attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture"

pairing collapse: the act of grouping things or people in pairs

merging collapse: the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"

truss collapse: a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure; (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure; support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"; tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

coupling collapse: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"; a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

bind up collapse

homology collapse: the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

federate collapse: united under a central government; unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war"; enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

hook up collapse: connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system"

band together collapse: form a group or unite; "The groups banded together"

alignment collapse: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other; the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

freemasonry collapse: Freemasons collectively; a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests; "he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press"

agglutination collapse: the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining; a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins); the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

rafter collapse: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof; provide (a ceiling) with rafters

unionize collapse: form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize"; recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"

join forces collapse

federalize collapse: put under the control and authority of a federal government

liaison collapse: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

contiguity collapse

comradeship collapse

disembark collapse: go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

proximity collapse: the property of being close together; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit; the region close around a person or thing

wed collapse: having been taken in marriage

fraternization collapse: associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy

play ball collapse

pull together collapse

kedge collapse

stand together collapse

hammer and sickle collapse: the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union

sorority collapse: a social club for female undergraduates

similarity collapse: the quality of being similar; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

leash collapse: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

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