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Bind

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Noun

1. bind

something that hinders as if with bonds

Verb

2. adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to

stick to firmly

Example Sentences:
'Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?'

3. attach, bind, bond, tie

create social or emotional ties

Example Sentences:
'The grandparents want to bond with the child'

4. bind

make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope

Example Sentences:
'The Chinese would bind the feet of their women'

5. bandage, bind

wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

6. bind, tie down, tie up, truss

secure with or as if with ropes

Example Sentences:
'tie down the prisoners'
'tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed'

7. bind, hold, obligate, oblige

bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

Example Sentences:
'He's held by a contract'
'I'll hold you by your promise'

8. bind

provide with a binding

Example Sentences:
'bind the books in leather'

9. bind, tie

fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

Example Sentences:
'They tied their victim to the chair'

10. bind

form a chemical bond with

Example Sentences:
'The hydrogen binds the oxygen'

11. bind, constipate

cause to be constipated

Example Sentences:
'These foods tend to constipate you'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bind

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verbWord forms: binds, binding or bound
1. 
to make or become fast or secure with or as if with a tie or band
2. (transitive; often foll by up)
to encircle or enclose with a band
to bind the hair
3. (transitive)
to place (someone) under obligation; oblige
4. (transitive)
to impose legal obligations or duties upon (a person or party to an agreement)
5. (transitive)
to make (a bargain, agreement, etc) irrevocable; seal
6. (transitive)
to restrain or confine with or as if with ties, as of responsibility or loyalty
7. (transitive)
to place under certain constraints; govern
8. (transitive; often foll by up)
to bandage or swathe
to bind a wound
9. 
to cohere or stick or cause to cohere or stick
egg binds fat and flour
10. 
to make or become compact, stiff, or hard
frost binds the earth
11. 
a. (transitive)
to enclose and fasten (the pages of a book) between covers
b. (intransitive)
(of a book) to undergo this process
12. (transitive)
to provide (a garment, hem, etc) with a border or edging, as for decoration or to prevent fraying
13. (tr; sometimes foll by out or over)
to employ as an apprentice; indenture
14. (intransitive) slang
to complain
15. (transitive) logic
to bring (a variable) into the scope of an appropriate quantifier
See also bound (sense 9)
noun
16. 
something that binds
17. 
the act of binding or state of being bound
18. informal
a difficult or annoying situation
19.  another word for bine
20. music another word for tie (sense 17)
21. mining
clay between layers of coal
22. fencing
a pushing movement with the blade made to force one's opponent's sword from one line into another
23. chess
a position in which one player's pawns have a hold on the centre that makes it difficult for the opponent to advance there

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bind

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verb transitiveWord forms: bound or ˈbinding
1. 
to tie together; make fast or tight, as with a rope or band
2. 
to hold or restrain as if tied or tied down
bound by convention
3. 
to gird or encircle with a belt, girdle, etc.; wrap or fasten around
4. 
to bandage
often with up
5. 
to make stick together; make cohere
6. 
to tighten the bowels of; constipate
7. 
to strengthen, secure, or ornament the edges of by a band, as of tape
8. 
to fasten together the printed pages of (a book) and enclose them within a protective cover
9. 
to secure or make firm (a bargain, contract, etc.)
10. 
to obligate by duty, love, etc.
11. 
to compel, as by oath, legal restraint, or contract
12. 
to make an apprentice of; indenture
often with out or over
13. 
to unite or hold, as by a feeling of loyalty or love
verb intransitive
14. 
to do the act of binding
15. 
to be or become tight, hard, or stiff
16. 
to be constricting or restricting
17. 
to stick together
18. 
to be obligatory or binding in force
noun
19. 
anything that binds
20.  US, Informal
a difficult or restrictive situation; jam
to be in a bind
21.  Music
tie (sense 19)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bind

see synonyms of bind
v. bound (bound), bind·ing, binds
v.tr.
1.
a. To tie or secure, as with a rope or cord.
b. To hold or restrain by tying with rope or bonds: bound the prisoner.
2.
a. To fasten or wrap by encircling, as with a belt or ribbon: a dress bound with a sash.
b. To bandage: bound up their wounds.
3.
a. To compel, constrain, or unite: bound by a deep sense of duty; bound by a common interest in sports.
b. To make certain or irrevocable: bind the deal with a down payment.
c. Law To place under legal obligation.
d. To apprentice or indenture: was bound out as a servant.
4. Chemistry To combine with, form a chemical bond with, or be taken up by, as an enzyme with its substrate.
5.
a. To cause to cohere or stick together in a mass: Bind the dry ingredients with milk and eggs.
b. To constipate.
6. To enclose and fasten (the pages of a book or other printed material) between covers.
7. To furnish with an edge or border for protection, reinforcement, or ornamentation.
v.intr.
1. To tie up or fasten something.
2. To stick or become stuck: applied a lubricant to keep the moving parts from binding.
3. To be uncomfortably tight or restricting, as clothes.
4. To become compact or solid; cohere.
5. To be compelling, constraining, or unifying: moved to her home town because of the ties that bind.
6. Chemistry To combine chemically or form a chemical bond.
n.
1.
a. The act of binding.
b. The state of being bound.
c. Something that binds.
d. A place where something binds: a bind halfway up the seam of the skirt.
2. Informal A difficult, restrictive, or unresolvable situation: found themselves in a bind when their car broke down.
3. Music A tie, slur, or brace.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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