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5 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tier \Ti"er\, noun [See {Tire} a headdress.]
A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied
with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also {tire}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tier \Tier\, noun [Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of
Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziar[=i] ornament, G. zier, AS.
t[=i]r glory, ti['e]r row, rank. But cf. also F. tirer to
draw, pull; of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Attire}, verb (used with an object), {Tire} a
headdress, but also {Tirade}.]
A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one
above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a
theater.
{Tiers of a cable}, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a
cable, laid one within another when coiled.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tier \Ti"er\, noun
One who, or that which, ties.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tier
noun
1: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group;
"lumber of the highest grade" [syn: {grade}, {level}]
2: any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
3: a worker who ties something [syn: {tier up}]
4: something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to
the yard with tiers"
5: one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier
of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "tier":
Indian file, array, articulation, band, bank, bed, bedding, belt,
buzz, category, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction,
chaining, concatenation, connection, consecution, continuum,
couche, course, cycle, deck, descent, drone, echelon, endless belt,
endless round, file, filiation, floor, gallery, gamut, gradation,
grade, group, grouping, hum, layer, league, ledge, level, line,
lineage, measures, monotone, nexus, order, overlayer, overstory,
pendulum, periodicity, pigeonhole, plenum, powder train,
progression, queue, range, rank, recurrence, reticulation,
rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, seam, sequence, series,
shelf, single file, spectrum, stage, step, story, stratum, string,
substratum, succession, superstratum, swath, thickness, thread,
topsoil, train, underlayer, understory, understratum, windrow,
zone
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