to tie
Examples
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her?
If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up.
One rind is enough to tie a thousand pieces of wood.
It mars to tie the dog to the butter stamp.
It is impossible to tie a knot without the thumb.