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bind

  [bahynd] verb, bound, bind⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to fasten or secure with a band or bond.
2. to encircle with a band or ligature: She bound her hair with a ribbon.
3. to swathe or bandage (often fol. by up): to bind up one's wounds.
4. to fasten around; fix in place by girding: They bound his hands behind him.
5. to tie up (anything, as sheaves of grain).
6. to cause to cohere: Ice bound the soil.
7. to unite by any legal or moral tie: to be bound by a contract.
8. to hold to a particular state, place, employment, etc.: Business kept him bound to the city.
9. to place under obligation or compulsion (usually used passively): We are bound by good sense to obey the country's laws.
10. 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.
11. to make compulsory or obligatory: to bind the order with a deposit.
12. to fasten or secure within a cover, as a book: They will bind the new book in leather.
13. to cover the edge of, as for protection or ornament: to bind a carpet.
14. (of clothing) to chafe or restrict (the wearer): This shirt binds me under the arms.
15. Medicine/Medical. to hinder or restrain (the bowels) from their natural operations; constipate.
16. to indenture as an apprentice (often fol. by out): In his youth his father bound him to a blacksmith.
–verb (used without object)
17. to become compact or solid; cohere.
18. to be obligatory: an obligation that binds.
19. to chafe or restrict, as poorly fitting garments: This jacket binds through the shoulders.
20. to stick fast, as a drill in a hole.
21. Falconry. (of a hawk) to grapple or grasp prey firmly in flight.
–noun
22. the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
23. something that binds.
24. Music. a tie, slur, or brace.
25. Falconry. the act of binding.
26. Informal. a difficult situation or predicament: This schedule has us in a bind.
—Verb phrase
27. 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

Related forms:
bind⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. gird, attach, tie. 2. confine, restrain. 9. engage, oblige, obligate.

Antonyms:
1. untie.
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bind   (bīnd)   
v.   bound (bound), bind·ing, binds

v.   tr.
  1. To tie or secure, as with a rope or cord.
  2. To fasten or wrap by encircling, as with a belt or ribbon.
  3. To bandage: bound up their wounds.
  4. To hold or restrain with or as if with bonds.
  5. To compel, obligate, or unite: bound by a deep sense of duty; bound by a common interest in sports.
  6. Law To place under legal obligation by contract or oath.
  7. To make certain or irrevocable: bind the deal with a down payment.
  8. To apprentice or indenture: was bound out as a servant.
  9. To cause to cohere or stick together in a mass: Bind the dry ingredients with milk and eggs.
  10. To enclose and fasten (a book or other printed material) between covers.
  11. To furnish with an edge or border for protection, reinforcement, or ornamentation.
  12. To constipate.
  13. Chemistry To combine with, form a chemical bond with, or be taken up by, as an enzyme with its substrate.
v.   intr.
  1. To tie up or fasten something.
  2. To stick or become stuck: applied a lubricant to keep the moving parts from binding.
  3. To be uncomfortably tight or restricting, as clothes.
  4. To become compact or solid; cohere.
  5. To be compelling or unifying: the ties that bind.
  6. Chemistry To combine chemically or form a chemical bond.
n.  
    1. The act of binding.
    2. The state of being bound.
    3. Something that binds.
    4. A place where something binds: a bind halfway up the seam of the skirt.
  2. Informal A difficult, restrictive, or unresolvable situation: found themselves in a bind when their car broke down.
  3. Music A tie, slur, or brace.
Phrasal Verb(s):
bind offTo cast off in knitting.
bind over Law To hold on bail or place under bond.

[Middle English binden, from Old English bindan; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Bind

Bind\, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix. [root]90.]

1. 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.

2. 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.

He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job xxviii. 11.

Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. --Luke xiii. 16.

3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.

4. 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.

5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

8. 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.

Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton.

9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. --Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.

To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.

To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.

To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.

Bind

Bind\, v. i. 1. To tie; to confine by any ligature.

They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak.

2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. --Mortimer.

3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. --Locke.

Bind

Bind\, n. 1. That which binds or ties.

2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.

3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. --Kirwan.

4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
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Language Translation for : bind
Spanish: atar, amarrar,
German: binden,
Japanese: 縛る
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bind 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: bind
Pronunciation: 'bInd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: bound /'baund/; bind·ing
1 a : to make responsible for an obligation (as under a contract) bind the insurer —Railroad I. Mehr> b : to burden with an obligation binding their property —J. H. Friedenthal et al.>
2 : to exert control over : constrain by legal authority bound by precedent>
3 : to bring (an insurance policy) into effect by an oral communication or a binder
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: 1bind
Pronunciation: 'bInd
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: bound /'baund/;bind·ing
transitivesenses
1 : to wrap up (an injury) with a cloth : BANDAGE <binding up the gashwith clean gauze>
2 : to take up and hold usually by chemical forces : combine with binds water>
3 : to make costive : CONSTIPATE bind intransitive senses
1 a : to form a cohesive mass bind> b : to combine or be taken up especially by chemical action binds to a specificantigen>
2 : to hamper free movement

Main Entry: 2bind
Function: noun
1 : something that binds
2 : the act of binding : the state of being bound —see DOUBLE BIND
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bind   (bīnd)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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BIND
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bind

In addition to the idioms beginning with bind, also see in a bind. Also see under bound.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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BIND
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