tied to

• boundSecured or destined
• connectedJoined to another
• linkedFastened to another
• attachedJoined to another thing
• fastenedJoined or held together

tethered · anchored · committed · obligated · knotted · secured · chained · moored · hitched · coupled · bonded · restricted · constrained · dependent · rooted · strapped · lashed · yoked

• prepositionsabove, about, across, after, along