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(tîr) pronunciation
n.
  1. One of a series of rows placed one above another: a stadium with four tiers of seats.
  2. A rank or class.
tr. & intr.v., tiered, tier·ing, tiers.
To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers: tier a wedding cake; balconies that tier upward.

[Middle English tire, row, rank, from Old French, from tirer, to draw out. See tirade.]


ti·er2 ('ər) pronunciation
n.
One that ties: a tier of knots.


Person or machine that ties mail or finished print products into bundles, using string, rubber bands, or plastic strips, for easier handling.

noun

  1. A group of people or things arranged in a row: column, file, line, queue, rank1, row1, string. See group.
  2. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade: bracket, class, grade, league, order, rank1. See group, value/worthlessness/evaluation.

A row, or a group of rows placed one above the other, as rows of seats in a theater or of beams in construction.


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - række, (trinvis opstigende) række, etage, lag, reolfag
v. tr. - lægge i lag
v. intr. - blive lagt i lag

2.
n. - binder

Nederlands (Dutch)
rij of laag, niveau

Français (French)
1.
n. - étage, niveau, gradin
v. tr. - disposer en étages/gradins, constituer (qch) en niveaux
v. intr. - disposer en étages/gradins, constituer (qch) en niveaux

2.
n. - lieur, botteleur

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Rang, Reihe, Lage
v. - in Reihen angeordnet sein

2.
n. - bindende Sache od. Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βαθμίδα, κερκίδα, σειρά καθισμάτων
v. - διατάσσω βαθμιδωτά

Italiano (Italian)
fila

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fiada (f), fila (f), bancada (f), camada (f)
v. - empilhar

Русский (Russian)
ряд, ярус

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - hilera, grada, piso
v. tr. - disponer en hileras o capas
v. intr. - formar hileras o capas

2.
n. - atador, banda, ligadura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rad, varv, lager, skikt
v. - stapla

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 一排, 一层褶裥, 一层, 阶层, 等级, 层层排列, 使层叠, 成递升排列, 层叠

2. 包扎的人, 包扎工, 围涎, 围裙, 包扎的工具

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 包紮的人, 包紮工, 圍涎, 圍裙, 包紮的工具

2.
n. - 一排, 一層褶襉, 一層, 階層, 等級
v. tr. - 層層排列, 使層疊
v. intr. - 成遞升排列, 層疊

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (계단식의) 층, 한 줄, 일련의 주
v. tr. - 층층으로 쌓다, 쌓아 올리다
v. intr. - 층층으로 쌓다, 쌓아 올리다

2.
n. - 묶는 것, 앞치마, 두렁이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 横並び, 層, 巻き収めたケーブル, 結ぶ人, 前掛け
v. - 層状に積む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أحد صفوف ألمدرج, صف (فعل) يضع أو يرتب في صفوف مدرجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שורה, נדבך, מדרגה, מעגל של כבל מגולגל (בספינה)‬
v. tr. - ‮בנה נדבכים‬
v. intr. - ‮נבנה בנדבכים‬
n. - ‮קושר‬


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