concrete. A tie, fastening, knot (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

Something that forms or maintains a union of any kind; a tie, bond, link.

Anything used in binding or tying; a band, bandage, tie. Chiefly spec. in Surgery, a thread or cord used to tie up a bleeding artery, to…

He who or that which braces or fastens; a brace, bond.

A means of attaching something, a fastener; a thing attached. Chiefly figurative: a tie, an attachment; also as a mass noun.

Something used in binding; a ligature, bandage, bond, tie; also, the place of tying. archaic.

Anything used in binding or tying; a band, tie; Surgery a bandage, ligature. Obsolete in lit. sense.

Something twisted into a circular shape and used as a bond or tie. Also figurative. Cf. wreath, n. 1a. English regional (south-western) in later use.

A bond of union; a tie. Usually figurative.

A tie, a ligature.