tied (adj.)
- affiliated
 - aground
 - alike
 - allied
 - associate
 - beholden
 - bound
 - bounden
 - chained
 - collateral
 - collected
 - commensurate
 - committed
 - conjoined
 - conjugate
 - connected
 - correlated
 - coupled
 - drawn
 - duty-bound
 - equal
 - equalized
 - even
 - fast
 - fastened
 - fettered
 - fifty-fifty
 - fixed
 - gathered
 - grounded
 - half-and-half
 - hampered
 - held
 - impacted
 - implicated
 - incorporated
 - inextricable
 - integrated
 - interrelated
 - intimate
 - involved
 - jammed
 - joined
 - knotted
 - level
 - like
 - linked
 - matched
 - mated
 - merged
 - obligate
 - obligated
 - obliged
 - packed
 - paired
 - parallel
 - pledged
 - proportionate
 - quits
 - related
 - saddled
 - shackled
 - square
 - stalemated
 - stranded
 - stuck
 - tethered
 - trammeled
 - transfixed
 - twinned
 - undivided
 - united
 - wed
 - wedded
 - wedged
 
I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.