tie to, lash to, fasten onto

a tree; more specifically, a living tree / the bent and gnarled trunk or roots of an old tree / wood, lumber / something made of wood / in ancient China, a wooden musical instrument

rope / rope bag

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

to bind, bundle, fasten, tie up / to enclose / to hang oneself / to consolidate, summarize / to resolve / to estimate / to tie-dye / to constrain, detain

to hang with a string, for example

(archaic) to be constricted

he; boyfriend

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict