different between tye vs fye

English

Etymology

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Noun

tye (plural tyes)

1. A knot; a tie.
2. (Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.
3. (nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
4. (mining) A trough for washing ores.

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Translations

References

• 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 6.

  the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye

Verb

tye (third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed)

1. Obsolete form of tie.

Anagrams

• -ety, ety, tey, yet

Afrikaans

Noun

tye

1. plural of tyd

Sranan Tongo

Interjection

tye

1. oh

English

Adjective

fye (comparative more fye, superlative most fye)

1. (nonstandard, Internet slang) Alternative form of fire (with a heavy southern accent)

   Dude dat man just hit dem folks, and it was so fye m8.

Interjection

fye!

1. Alternative form of fie

Anagrams

• Fey, fey