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1  [band]
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–noun
1. a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
2. Music.
a. a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band.
b. a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays esp. for marching or open-air performances.
c. big band.
d. dance band.
3. a division of a nomadic tribe; a group of individuals who move and camp together and subsist by hunting and gathering.
4. a group of persons living outside the law: a renegade band.
–verb (used with object)
5. to unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
–verb (used without object)
6. to unite; confederate (often fol. by together): They banded together to oust the chairman.
—Idiom
7. to beat the band, Informal. energetically; abundantly: It rained all day to beat the band.
Origin:
1480–90; < MF bande < It banda; c. LL bandum < Gmc; akin to Goth bandwa standard, band 2 , band 3 , bend 1 , bond 1

Synonyms:
1. gang, group; body; set; society, association, assembly. See company.
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2  [band]
–noun
1. a thin, flat strip of some material for binding, confining, trimming, protecting, etc.: a band on each bunch of watercress.
2. a fillet, belt, or strap: a band for the hair; a band for connecting pulleys.
3. a stripe, as of color or decorative work.
4. a strip of paper or other material serving as a label: a cigar band.
5. a plain or simply styled ring, without mounted gems or the like: a thin gold band on his finger.
6. (on a long-playing phonograph record) one of a set of grooves in which sound has been recorded, separated from an adjacent set or sets by grooves without recorded sound.
7. bands. Geneva bands.
8. a flat collar commonly worn by men and women in the 17th century in western Europe.
9. Also called frequency band, wave band. Radio and Television. a specific range of frequencies, esp. a set of radio frequencies, as HF, VHF, and UHF.
10. Also called energy band. Physics. a closely spaced group of energy levels of electrons in a solid.
11. Computers. one or more tracks or channels on a magnetic drum.
12. Dentistry. a strip of thin metal encircling a tooth, usually for anchoring an orthodontic apparatus.
13. Anatomy, Zoology. a ribbonlike or cordlike structure encircling, binding, or connecting a part or parts.
14. (in handbound books) one of several cords of hemp or flax handsewn across the back of the collated signatures of a book to provide added strength.
–verb (used with object)
15. to mark, decorate, or furnish with a band or bands.
Origin:
1480–90; < MF; OF bende < Gmc; cf. OHG binta fillet. See bind, band 1

Related forms:
bander, noun
bandless, adjective

band

3  [band]
–noun Archaic.
1. Usually, bands. articles for binding the person or the limbs; shackles; manacles; fetters.
2. an obligation; bond: the nuptial bands.
Origin:
1100–50; late OE < ON band; c. OS, OFris band, OHG bant; akin to Skt bandha-. See band 1
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band 1   (bānd)   
n.  

  1. A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together: a metal band around the bale of cotton.

  2. A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.

  3. A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.

  4. Something that constrains or binds morally or legally: the bands of marriage and family.

  5. A simple ungrooved ring, especially a wedding ring.

    1. A neckband or collar.

    2. bands The two strips hanging from the front of a collar as part of the dress of certain clerics, scholars, and lawyers.

    3. A high collar popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

    4. Biology A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

    5. Anatomy A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.

    6. A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

    7. A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.

    1. Biology A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

    2. Anatomy A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.

    3. A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

    4. A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.

  8. Physics

    1. A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

    2. A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.

  9. Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.

  10. A cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sheets or quires are attached.

tr.v.   band·ed, band·ing, bands

  1. To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.

  2. To mark or identify with or as if with a band: a program to band migrating birds.


[Middle English bende (from Old English bend and from Old French bande, bende, of Germanic origin) and Middle English bond, band (from Old Norse, band); see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.]
band 2   (bānd)   
n.  

    1. A group of people: a band of outlaws.

    2. A group of animals.

    3. Anthropology A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.

    4. Canadian An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.

    1. Anthropology A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.

    2. Canadian An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.

  3. A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.

v.   band·ed, band·ing, bands

v.   tr.
To assemble or unite in a group.
v.   intr.
To form a group; unite: banded together for protection.

[Earlier bande, from Old French, banner, troop identified by its standard, of Germanic origin.]
Synonyms: These nouns denote a group of individuals acting together for a common purpose: a band of thieves; a company of scientists; a corps of drummers; a party of tourists; a troop of students on a field trip; a troupe of actors.
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Word Origin & History

band  (1)
"a flat strip," also "something that binds," represents a merger of two words, ultimately from the same source. In the sense "that by which someone or something is bound," it is attested from 1126, from O.N. band "thin strip that ties or constrains," from P.Gmc. *bindan (related to Mod.Eng. bend and bind), from PIE *bendh- "to bind" (cf. Goth bandi "that which binds; Skt. bandhah "a tying, bandage," source of bandana; M.Ir. bainna "bracelet"). Most of the fig. senses of this word have passed into bond (q.v.), which originally was a phonetic variant of band. The meaning "a flat strip" (c.1394) is from O.Fr. bande "strip, edge, side," via O.N.Fr. bende, from O.H.G. binda, from P.Gmc. *bindan (see above). In M.E., this was distinguished by the spelling bande, but since the loss of the final -e- the words have fully merged. Meaning "broad stripe of color" is from 1470; the electronics sense of "range of frequencies or wavelengths" is from 1922. The O.N.Fr. form was retained in heraldic bend.

band  (2)
"an organized group," 1490, from M.Fr. bande, from O.Fr. bande, traceable to P.Gmc. root of band (1), probably via a band of cloth worn as a mark of identification by a group of soldiers or others (cf. Gothic bandwa "a sign"). The extension to "group of musicians" is c.1660, originally musicians attached to a regiment of the army. To beat the band (1897) is to make enough noise to drown it out, hence to exceed everything.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: band
Pronunciation: 'band
Function: noun
1 : a thin flat encircling strip especially for binding: as a : a strip ofcloth used to protect a newborn baby's navel called also bellyband b : a thin flat strip of metal that encircles a tooth bands>
2 : a strip separated by some characteristic color or texture or considered apart from what is adjacent: as a : a stripe, streak, or other elongated mark on an animal;especially : one transverse to the long axis of the body b : a line or streak of differentiated cells c : one of the alternating dark and lightsegments of skeletal muscle fibers d : BAND FORM e : a strip of abnormal tissue eithercongenital or acquired; especially : a strip of connective tissue that causes obstruction of the bowel
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Medical Dictionary

band (bānd)
n.

  1. An appliance or a part of an apparatus that encircles or binds a part of the body.

  2. A cordlike tissue that connects or that holds bodily structures together.

  3. A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.

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Science Dictionary
band   (bānd)  Pronunciation Key 
A specific range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies, as those used in radio broadcasting.
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Idioms & Phrases

band

see on the bandwagon; to beat the band.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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