to encircle with a band or ligature: She bound her hair with a ribbon.
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to swathe or bandage (often fol. by up): to bind up one's wounds.
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to fasten around; fix in place by girding: They bound his hands behind him.
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to tie up (anything, as sheaves of grain).
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to cause to cohere: Ice bound the soil.
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to unite by any legal or moral tie: to be bound by a contract.
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to hold to a particular state, place, employment, etc.: Business kept him bound to the city.
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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 fol. by over): This action binds them to keep the peace. He was bound over to the grand jury.
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to make compulsory or obligatory: to bind the order with a deposit.
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to fasten or secure within a cover, as a book: They will bind the new book in leather.
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to cover the edge of, as for protection or ornament: to bind a carpet.
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(of clothing) to chafe or restrict (the wearer): This shirt binds me under the arms.
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Medicine/Medical. to hinder or restrain (the bowels) from their natural operations; constipate.
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to indenture as an apprentice (often fol. by out): In his youth his father bound him to a blacksmith.
–verb (used without object)
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to become compact or solid; cohere.
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to be obligatory: an obligation that binds.
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to chafe or restrict, as poorly fitting garments: This jacket binds through the shoulders.
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to stick fast, as a drill in a hole.
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Falconry. (of a hawk) to grapple or grasp prey firmly in flight.
–noun
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the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
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something that binds.
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Music. a tie, slur, or brace.
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Falconry. the act of binding.
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Informal. a difficult situation or predicament: This schedule has us in a bind.
—Verb phrase
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bind off, Textiles. to loop (one stitch) over another in making an edge on knitted fabric.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME binden (v.), OE bindan; c. OHG bintan, ON binda, Goth bindan, Skt bandhati (he) binds]
O.E. bindan "to tie up with bonds" (lit. and fig.), also "to make captive, to cover with dressings and bandages" (class III strong verb; past tense band, pp. bunden), from PIE base *bhendh- "to bind" (see bend). Bindery first recorded 1810, Amer.Eng.
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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.
Band\ (b[a^]nd), n. [OE. band, bond, Icel. band; akin to G., Sw., & D. band, OHG. bant, Goth. banti, Skr. bandha a binding, bandh to bind, for bhanda, bhandh, also to E. bend, bind. In sense 7, at least, it is fr. F. bande, from OHG. bant. [root]90 See Bind, v. t., and cf. Bend, Bond, 1st Bandy.]1. A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter. Every one's bands were loosed. --Acts xvi. 26. 2. (Arch.) (a) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. (b) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. 3. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie. "To join in Hymen's bands." --Shak. 4. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. 5. pl. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. 6. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. "Band and gusset and seam." --Hood. 7. A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot. --Shak. 8. A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals. 9. (Bot.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. 10. (Zo["o]l.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. 11. (Mech.) A belt or strap. 12. A bond [Obs.] "Thy oath and band." --Shak. 13. Pledge; security. [Obs.] --Spenser. Band saw, a saw in the form of an endless steel belt, with teeth on one edge, running over wheels.
Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent; p. pr. & vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th Bend.]1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee. 2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." --Milton. Towards Coventry bend we our course. --Shak. Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. --Pope. 4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. --Totten. To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden. Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
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