Tie (5)

(Other definitions for bind that I've seen before include "Fix" , "Join or fasten together" , "difficulty" , "Tie, fasten" , "Tie up or hamper" .)

(Other definitions for lash that I've seen before include "Flog" , "Hit with a whip" , "Birch" , "Bind tightly with a rope or cord" , "Fasten with rope; whip" .)

(Other definitions for knot that I've seen before include "Hard mass in tree trunk at branch joint" , "Hard round cross-grained piece in wood" , "Granny or reef, perhaps?" , "Tangle; sandpiper" , "Tight interlacing of cord, string etc" .)

(Other definitions for draw that I've seen before include "Design" , "Attract; sketch" , "Make picture" , "No-winner result" , "Finish level" .)

(Other definitions for lace that I've seen before include "Fine open fabric" , "Do up (shoe, etc)" , "Famous play ''Arsenic and Old . . . .''" , "Fine decorative fabric" , "Delicate open-weave fabric" .)

(Other definitions for tether that I've seen before include "Rope keeping animal from straying" , "Rope for hobbling animal" , "Restricting rope, chain" , "Rope to hobble grazing animal" , "Restrictive rope fixed to one spot" .)

(Other definitions for fasten that I've seen before include "Tie, secure" , "Fix -- make tight" , "Nail" , "Bolt" , "Fix securely" .)

(Other definitions for dead heat that I've seen before include "Race result in which two competitors finish exactly even" , "Where runners are equal first" , "so exciting a race?" , "A draw in race, competitors finish exactly even" , "Race finish with contestants exactly even - or moribund?" .)

(Other definitions for deadlock that I've seen before include "Log jam" , "tie" , "Intractable problem" , "Situation from which no progress can be made" , "Stalemate - impasse" .)