tie

noun

• A knot; a fastening.
• A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
• A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
• The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.

  "It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score."

• A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
• A strong connection between people or groups of people.

  "the sacred ties of friendship or of duty"

• A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.

  "Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes."

• A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
• The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
• A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.

  "The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957."

• A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
• One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
• A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
• A connection between two vertices.
• A tiewig.