tie up

Verb

• finish the last row

• secure in or as if in a berth or dock
  • tie up the boat
    

• restrain from moving or operating normally
  • Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred
    

• invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes
  • All my money is tied up in long-term investments
    

• secure with or as if with ropes
  • tie down the prisoners
    
  • tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bind off , moor , berth , tie down , bind , truss