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tie 1. a structural member carrying tension, such as a tie beam or tie rod 2. the US and Canadian name for sleeper (on a railway track) 3. Music a slur connecting two notes of the same pitch indicating that the sound is to be prolonged for their joint time value tie [tī] (civil engineering) One of the transverse supports to which railroad rails are fastened to keep them to line, gage, and grade. (electricity) Electrical connection or strap. (engineering) A beam, post, rod, or angle to hold two pieces together; a tension member in a construction. (mining engineering) A support for the roof in coal mines. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I hate to nitpick one of my favorite columnists, but I think Maureen Dowd's being galled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's tieless attire at the United Nations suggests she was not distinguishing the sizzle from the steak. Where Art Worlds Meet: Multiple Modernities and the Global Salon" felt crowded with some four hundred attendees (of whom about thirty were speakers): Biennale officials in dark suits, artists in black jeans, curators in funky furs, historians and critics in scarves or tieless button-downs (apart from one notable exception in Prada taffeta). He was dressed in a tieless long-sleeved white shirt frayed at the collar and cuffs and a pair of shapeless black pants without a belt that were more a rusty brown than black. |
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