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Bind Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bind?
[n] something that hinders as if with bonds
[v] cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you" [v] form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" [v] bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [v] To fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" [v] secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners" [v] make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [v] wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [v] provide with a binding, as of books [v] stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [v] create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bind: adhere | attach | bandage | bond | bond | constipate | hold | hold fast | obligate | oblige | stick | stick to | tie | tie Related Terms | Find terms related to Bind: accept obligation | adjoin | afterthought | agglutinate | agree to | ally | anchor | annoyance | answer for | apply | apprentice | article | associate | attach | band | bandage | bar | be answerable for | be responsible for | be security for | befringe | belt | bend | bind over | bind up | block | block up | blockade | blockage | border | bore | bother | bound | brace | bracket | braze | bridle | bundle | bung | bureaucratic delay | caulk | cause | cause to | cement | chain | chink | choke | choke off | choke up | cinch | clog | clog up | clutch | commit | compel | complication | congest | connect | constipate | constrain | contract | cork | correlate | couple | cover | crunch | dam | dam up | delay | delayage | delayed reaction | detention | dilemma | do up | double take | dragging | draw a parallel | drive | edge | embarrassing position | embarrassment | enchain | encircle | enforce | enframe | engage | entrammel | equate | fasten | fetter | fill | fill up | fine how-do-you-do | fix | force | foul | frame | fringe | fuse | gird | girdle | girt | girth | glue | go bail for | gum | gyve | halt | hamper | handcuff | hang-up | have | have an understanding | hell to pay | hem | hindrance | hobble | hog-tie | hold | holdup | hopple | hot water | how-do-you-do | identify | imbroglio | impel | indenture | interim | interrelate | irritant | irritation | jam | lace | lag | lagging | lap | lash | leash | line | link | list | logjam | make | make fast | make imperative | make incumbent | manacle | march | marge | margin | marginate | mess | mix | moor | morass | moratorium | obligate | oblige | obstipate | obstruct | obstruction | ordeal | pack | paperasserie | parallel | parallelize | parlous straits | pass | paste | pause | peg down | picket | pickle | pin down | pinch | pinion | pledge | plight | plug | plug up | predicament | pretty pass | pretty pickle | pretty predicament | purfle | purl | put in irons | quagmire | quicksand | red tape | red-tapeism | red-tapery | relate | relativize | reprieve | require | respite | restrain | retardance | retardation | rim | rope | saddle with | scrape | secure | set off | shackle | shake hands on | side | skirt | slough | slowdown | slowness | slow-up | solder | spile | splice | spot | squeeze | stanch | stay | stay of execution | stench | stew | stick | stick together | sticky wicket | stop | stop up | stoppage | stopper | stopple | strait | straitjacket | straits | strap | stuff | stuff up | suspension | swaddle | swamp | swathe | take the vows | tether | tie | tie down | tie up | tie-up | tight spot | tight squeeze | tightrope | time lag | trammel | trial | tricky spot | trim | truss | undertake | unholy mess | use force upon | verge | vexation | wait | wed | weld | wire | wrap | wrap up | wreathe See Also | adhere | article | attach | balk | band | baulk | befriend | bind | bind | bind off | bond | cement | chain up | check | confine | cord | cover | deterrent | encircle | fasten | fix | fixate | gird | handicap | hindrance | hog-tie | hold | hold fast | impediment | indent | indenture | indispose | knot | lace | lace up | lash | lash together | leash | loop | obstipate | pledge | rebind | relate | relate | restrain | retie | rope | secure | stick | stick to | strap | swaddle | swathe | tie down | tie down | tie up | truss Bind In Webster's Dictionary \Bind\, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly
{Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect
tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden,
Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for
bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix.
[root]90.]
1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain,
etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in
bundles; to bind a prisoner.
2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or
influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to
the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job
xxviii. 11.
Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.
--Luke xiii.
16.
3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --
sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by
tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt
about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action;
as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge
of a carpet or garment.
7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to
bind a book.
8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,
duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to
bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by
affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton.
9. (Law)
(a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations;
esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
--Abbott.
(b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to
indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes
with out; as, bound out to service.
{To bind over}, to put under bonds to do something, as to
appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
{To bind to}, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
{To bind up in}, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to
absorb in.
Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
\Bind\, v. i. 1. To tie; to confine by any ligature. They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak. 2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. --Mortimer. 3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. --Locke. \Bind\, n. 1. That which binds or ties. 2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine. 3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. --Kirwan. 4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes. |
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