band together
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 especially for marching or open-air performances.
c.
d.
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.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 6.
to unite; confederate (often followed by together ): They banded together to oust the chairman.
7.
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band1 (bænd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a company of people having a common purpose; group: a band of outlaws |
| 2. | a group of musicians playing either brass and percussion instruments only (brass band) or brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments (concert band or military band) |
| 3. | a group of musicians who play popular music, jazz, etc, often for dancing |
| 4. | a group of instrumentalists generally; orchestra |
| 5. | (Canadian) a formally recognized group of Canadian Indians on a reserve |
| 6. | anthropol a division of a tribe; a family group or camp group |
| 7. | (US), (Canadian) a flock or herd |
| —vb | |
| 8. | ( |
| [C15: from French bande probably from Old Provençal banda of Germanic origin; compare Gothic bandwa sign, | |
| band2 (bænd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a thin flat strip of some material, used esp to encircle objects and hold them together: a rubber band |
| 2. | a. a strip of fabric or other material used as an ornament or distinguishing mark, or to reinforce clothing |
| b. (in combination): waistband; hairband; hatband | |
| 3. | See also chromosome band a stripe of contrasting colour or texture |
| 4. | a driving belt in machinery |
| 5. | a range of values that are close or related in number, degree, or quality |
| 6. | a. physics a range of frequencies or wavelengths between two limits |
| b. radio such a range allocated to a particular broadcasting station or service | |
| 7. | short for energy band |
| 8. | computing one or more tracks on a magnetic disk or drum |
| 9. | anatomy any structure resembling a ribbon or cord that connects, encircles, or binds different parts |
| 10. | the cords to which the folded sheets of a book are sewn |
| 11. | a thin layer or seam of ore |
| 12. | architect a strip of flat panelling, such as a fascia or plinth, usually attached to a wall |
| 13. | a large white collar, sometimes edged with lace, worn in the 17th century |
| 14. | either of a pair of hanging extensions of the collar, forming part of academic, legal, or (formerly) clerical dress |
| 15. | a ring for the finger (esp in phrases such as wedding band, band of gold, etc) |
| —vb | |
| 16. | to fasten or mark with a band |
| 17. | (US), (Canadian) See ring to ring (a bird) |
| [C15: from Old French bende, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German binda fillet; see | |
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Word Origin & History
band
"a flat strip," also "something that binds," 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" (late 14c.) 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
"an organized group," late 15c., from M.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
band (bānd)
n.
An appliance or a part of an apparatus that encircles or binds a part of the body.
A cordlike tissue that connects or that holds bodily structures together.
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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