different between tyne vs tye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?n/

Etymology 1

See teen.

Noun

tyne

1. (obsolete) anxiety; teen

Verb

tyne (third-person singular simple present tynes, present participle tyning, simple past and past participle tyned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lose.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

     ‘Yes, bonny wee thing, I’ll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne.’

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become lost; to perish.

Etymology 2

Noun

tyne (plural tynes)

1. Alternative form of tine

Anagrams

• nyet

Middle English

Noun

tyne

1. Alternative form of tin

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse týna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?in/

Verb

tyne (third-person singular present tynes, present participle tynin, past tint, past participle tint)

1. To lose.

2. To cause somebody to lose a legal case.

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