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Definition of 'bind'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) bind
to fasten or secure with or as if with a band.

2.  bind
to encircle with a band or ligature:
to bind one's hair with a ribbon.

3.  bind
to bandage (often fol. by up):
to bind up one's wounds.

4.  bind
to fix in place by girding:
They bound his hands behind him.

5.  bind
to cause to cohere:
Ice bound the soil.

6.  bind
to unite by any legal or moral tie:
to be bound by a contract.

7.  bind
to place under obligation (usu. used passively):
We are bound to obey the laws.

8.  bind
to put under legal obligation, as to appear as witness:
to be bound over to the grand jury.

9.  bind
to make binding on both buyer and seller:
to bind an order with a deposit.

10.  bind
to secure within a cover:
to bind a book in leather.

11.  bind
to cover the edge of:
to bind a carpet.

12.  bind
(of clothing) to chafe or restrict (the wearer).

13.  bind
to constipate.

14.  bind
to indenture as an apprentice:
bound as a child to a blacksmith.

15. (v.i.) bind
to become compact or solid; cohere.

16.  bind
to be obligatory.

17.  bind
to chafe or restrict, as poorly fitting garments.

18.  bind
to stick fast, as a drill in a hole.

19.  bind
bind off,

20. (n.) bind
the act of binding, or the state of being bound.

21.  bind
something that binds.

22.  bind
a difficult situation or predicament:
This schedule has us in a bind.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE bindan)

Definition of 'bind'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) bind
something that hinders as if with bonds

2. (verb) adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
stick to firmly
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

3. (verb) bind, tie, attach, bond
create social or emotional ties
"The grandparents want to bond with the child"

4. (verb) bind
make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
"The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"

5. (verb) bind, bandage
wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

6. (verb) tie down, tie up, bind, truss
secure with or as if with ropes
"tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

7. (verb) oblige, bind, hold, obligate
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
"He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

8. (verb) bind
provide with a binding
"bind the books in leather"

9. (verb) tie, bind
fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
"They tied their victim to the chair"

10. (verb) bind
form a chemical bond with
"The hydrogen binds the oxygen"

11. (verb) constipate, bind
cause to be constipated
"These foods tend to constipate you"

Definition of 'bind'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) bind
to tie sth by wrapping
Someone had bound their hands together with rope.

2. bind
to limit sb's actions
bound, by law, to report the incident

3. bind
to cause sb to feel closer emotionally
Hardships often bind communities together.

Definition of 'bind'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) bind
that which binds or ties

2. (noun) bind
any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine

3. (noun) bind
indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron

4. (noun) bind
a ligature or tie for grouping notes

5. (verb) bind
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

6. (verb) bind
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

7. (verb) bind
to cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound

8. (verb) bind
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

9. (verb) bind
to prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels

10. (verb) bind
to protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment

11. (verb) bind
to sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book

12. (verb) bind
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

13. (verb) bind
to bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant

14. (verb) bind
to place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service

15. (verb) bind
to tie; to confine by any ligature

16. (verb) bind
to contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat

17. (verb) bind
to be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction

18. (verb) bind
to exert a binding or restraining influence

Translation of 'bind'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to tie up The doctor bound up the patient's leg with a bandage; The robbers bound up the bank manager with rope.
Afrikaans: verbind, vasbind	Arabic: يَرْبِطُ ، يوثِقُ	Bulgarian: връзвам
Brazilian: amarrar	Czech: ovázat, (s)vázat	German: binden
Danish: forbinde; binde	Greek: (περι)δένω	Spanish: atar, amarrar
Estonian: kinni siduma	Farsi: بستن	Finnish: sitoa
French: lier	Hebrew: לִקְשוֹר	Hindi: बांधना
Croatian: vezati, povezati	Hungarian: (meg)köt; bekötöz	Indonesian: mengikat
Icelandic: binda (um)	Italian: fasciare; legare	Japanese: 縛る
Korean: 묶다	Lithuanian: aprišti, surišti	Latvian: []siet; apsiet; piesiet
Dutch: (ver)binden	Norwegian: binde, forbinde	Polish: wiązać
Persian: بستن	Pashto: بندېدل، تړل كېدل.	Portuguese: amarrar
Romanian: a lega	Russian: перевязывать; связывать	Slovak: (z)viazať, obviazať
Slovenian: povezati, zvezati	Serbian: vezati	Swedish: binda
Thai: มัด	Turkish: bağlamak	Taiwanese: 綁住
Ukrainian: зв'язувати; перев'язувати	Urdu: باندھنا ، پٹی باندھنا	Vietnamese: băng bó; trói
Chinese: 捆绑
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