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   bind

   /bʌɪnd/

   verb

   • 1. tie or fasten (something) tightly together: "they bound her hands and feet" Similar tietie upfasten (together)hold togethersecuremake fastattachropestraplashtrusstetherhitchchainfetterpinionshacklehobblemoorOpposite untierelease
   • ▪ restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet: "the raider then bound and gagged Mr Glenn"
   • ▪ wrap (something) tightly: "her hair was bound up in a towel"
   • ▪ bandage (a wound): "he cleaned the wound and bound it up with a clean dressing" Similar bandagedresscoverwrapswatheswaddlestrap uptape up
   • ▪ (of an object) be encircled by something, typically metal bands, so as to have greater strength: "an ancient oak chest bound with brass braces"
   • 2. stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass: "mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them" Similar stickcohere
   • ▪ cause (painting pigments) to form a smooth medium by mixing them with oil.
   • ▪ hold by chemical bonding: "a protein in a form that can bind DNA"
   • ▪ (of a food or medicine) make (someone) constipated: "eating foods that are low in fibre can bind you up"
   • 3. cause (people) to feel united: "it's music that has bound us together" Similar unitejoinbondknit togetherdraw togetheryoke togetherOpposite separate
   • 4. impose a legal or contractual obligation on: "a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms"
   • ▪ be hampered or constrained by: "Sarah did not want to be bound by a rigid timetable" Similar constrainrestrictconfinerestraintie hand and foottie downshacklehamperhinderinhibitcramp someone's styleliterary:trammel
   • ▪ make a contractual or enforceable undertaking: formal "the government cannot bind itself as to the form of subsequent legislation" Similar commit oneselfundertakegive an undertakingpledgevowpromisesweargive one's word
   • ▪ indenture (someone) as an apprentice: "he was bound apprentice at the age of sixteen"
   • 5. fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover: "a small, fat volume, bound in red morocco"
   • 6. trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip: "a frill with the edges bound in a contrasting colour" Similar trimhemedgeborderfringerimbandfinisharchaic:purfle
   • 7. (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope. For example, in an expression of the form ‘For every x, if x is a dog, x is an animal’, the universal quantifier is binding the variable x.
   • 8. (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases).

   noun

   • 1. a problematical situation: "he is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute" Similar predicamentawkward situationquandarydilemmaplightdifficult situationcleft stickmessquagmireimpassedouble bindinformal:spottight spothole
   • ▪ a nuisance: informal British "the travelling can be a bit of a bind" Similar nuisanceannoyanceinconvenienceborebothersource of irritationirritantproblemtrialinformal:painpain in the neckpain in the backsideheadachehassledragaggravationpestpain in the buttfair cownarkvulgar slang:pain in the arsepain in the assdated:infliction
   • 2. a statutory constraint: formal "the moral bind of the law"
   • 3. another term for tie
   • 4. another term for bine

   Word Origin Old Englishbindan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German binden, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bandh.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBIND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   BIND definition: 1. to tie something or someone tightly or to fasten something: 2. to tie something around a part…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of BIND is to make secure by tying. How to use bind in a sentence. to make secure by tying; to confine, restrain, or restrict as if with bonds; to put under an obligation…

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   Bind definition: to fasten or secure with a band or bond.. See examples of BIND used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBIND definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you bind something or someone, you tie rope, string, tape, or other material around them so that they are held firmly.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › bindBind - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   The verb bind means to tie, secure, or fasten as with string or rope. When you put a Christmas tree on the top of your car, you need to bind it with twine to make sure it stays there while you drive. The past tense of bind is "bound." To bind is also to create an emotional attachment.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishbind verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   make somebody do something. [transitive, usually passive] to force somebody to do something by making them promise to do it or by making it their duty to do it. bind somebody (to something) He had been bound to secrecy (= made to promise not to tell people about something).

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of bind – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   BIND definition: 1. to tie something together with string, rope, etc: 2. to force someone to keep a promise: 3. to…. Learn more.