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bind
[ bahynd ]
verb (used with object)
- to fasten or secure with a band or bond.
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- to encircle with a band or ligature:
She bound her hair with a ribbon.
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- to swathe or bandage (often followed by up ):
to bind up one's wounds.
- to fasten around; fix in place by girding:
They bound his hands behind him.
- to tie up (anything, as sheaves of grain).
- to cause to cohere:
Ice bound the soil.
- to unite by any legal or moral tie:
to be bound by a contract.
- to hold to a particular state, place, employment, etc.:
Business kept him bound to the city.
- to place under obligation or compulsion (usually used passively):
We are bound by good sense to obey the country's laws.
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- Law. to put under legal obligation, as to keep the peace or appear as a witness (often followed by over ):
This action binds them to keep the peace. He was bound over to the grand jury.
- to make compulsory or obligatory:
to bind the order with a deposit.
- to fasten or secure within a cover, as a book:
They will bind the new book in leather.
- to cover the edge of, as for protection or ornament:
to bind a carpet.
- (of clothing) to chafe or restrict (the wearer):
This shirt binds me under the arms.
- Medicine/Medical. to hinder or restrain (the bowels) from their natural function; constipate.
- to indenture as an apprentice (often followed by out ):
In his youth his father bound him to a blacksmith.
verb (used without object)
- to become compact or solid; cohere:
The eggs and the flour bind, creating a stable cake.
- to be obligatory:
It is a duty that binds.
- to chafe or restrict, as poorly fitting garments:
This jacket binds through the shoulders.
- to get stuck or cease to move freely:
Overheating made the drill bit bind in the wood.
- to temporarily flatten one's breast tissue using compression garments or strips of fabric, often done by gender-diverse people as part of their gender expression:
I feel pretty masculine today, so I think I'll bind.
- Falconry. (of a hawk) to grapple or grasp prey firmly in flight (usually followed by to ):
The falcon binds to the pheasant and then carries it to the hunter.
noun
- the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- something that binds.
- Informal. a difficult situation or predicament:
This schedule has us in a bind.
- Music. a tie, slur, or brace.
- Falconry. the act of binding to prey in flight.
verb phrase
- Knitting. to loop (one stitch) over another in making an edge on knitted fabric.
bind
/ ɪԻ /
verb
- to make or become fast or secure with or as if with a tie or band
- troften foll byup to encircle or enclose with a band
to bind the hair
- tr to place (someone) under obligation; oblige
- tr to impose legal obligations or duties upon (a person or party to an agreement)
- tr to make (a bargain, agreement, etc) irrevocable; seal
- tr to restrain or confine with or as if with ties, as of responsibility or loyalty
- tr to place under certain constraints; govern
- troften foll byup to bandage or swathe
to bind a wound
- to cohere or stick or cause to cohere or stick
egg binds fat and flour
- to make or become compact, stiff, or hard
frost binds the earth
- tr to enclose and fasten (the pages of a book) between covers
- intr (of a book) to undergo this process
- tr to provide (a garment, hem, etc) with a border or edging, as for decoration or to prevent fraying
- tr; sometimes foll by out or over to employ as an apprentice; indenture
- slang.intr to complain
- tr logic to bring (a variable) into the scope of an appropriate quantifier See also bound 1
noun
- something that binds
- the act of binding or state of being bound
- informal.a difficult or annoying situation
- another word for bine
- music another word for tie
- mining clay between layers of coal
- fencing a pushing movement with the blade made to force one's opponent's sword from one line into another
- 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
bind
- To combine with, form a bond with, or be taken up by a chemical or chemical structure. An enzyme, for example, is structured in such a way as to be able to bind with its substrate.
Other 51Թ Forms
- Ի·· adjective
- ·Ի verb misbound misbinding
- ·Ի verb rebound rebinding
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bind1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bind1
Idioms and Phrases
- in a bind
- bound
Example Sentences
The Clippers cut their deficit to eight at the end of the first half but were sluggish to start the third quarter, putting them in a bind again.
Thorpe spearheaded an Indigenous-run Blak Sovereign movement opposing the Voice, calling instead for priority to be given to a legally binding treaty between First Nations peoples and the Australian government.
The venerable CBS newsmagazine is in an unprecedented bind between a Trump lawsuit and a pending sale of parent company Paramount Global.
It was ultimately selected by the Constitutional Court to help determine binding jurisprudence on how the Rights of Nature should be applied to endangered ecosystems and species.
“These families are put in an impossible bind,” Chew said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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