To bind; to fasten with a band or cord and knot. My son, keep thy father’s commandments-- bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Proverbs 6:21.

To fold and make fast; as, to tie a knot.

To knit; to complicate. We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument.

To fasten; to hold; to unite so as not to be easily parted.

A knot; fastening.

Bond; obligation, moral or legal; as the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

A knot of hair.