"tie down" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Secure with or as if with ropes (synset 201289516)
"tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

entail: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached

is a type of: confine, constrain, hold, restrain - to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
subtypes:
- chain up - tie up with chains
- faggot, faggot up, fagot - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
- faggot, fagot - fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
- hog-tie - tie together somebody's limbs
same as: bind, tie up, truss
Restrain from independence by an obligation (synset 200887289)
"He was tied down by his work"

is a type of: bind, hold, obligate, oblige - bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted