Adjective tied up has 1 sense
  1. tied up - kept occupied or engaged; "she's tied up at the moment and can't see you"; "the phone was tied up for almost an hour"
    Antonym:
    idle (indirect, via busy)
,Verb tie up has 5 senses
  1. tie down, tie up, bind, truss - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
    --1 is one way to restrain, confine, hold
    Sample sentence:
    They want to tie up the prisoners
  2. tie up - invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"
    --2 is one way to
    invest, put, commit, place
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
    --3 is one way to
    obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
    Derived form: noun tie-up2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. moor, berth, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
    --4 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. tie up, bind off - finish the last row
    --5 is one way to tie, bind
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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