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Definitions for Bind

[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 followed 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 followed 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 followed by out ): In his youth his father bound him to a blacksmith.
[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.
[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 prey in flight.
[26] Informal . a difficult situation or predicament: This schedule has us in a bind.
[27] bind off , Textiles . to loop (one stitch) over another in making an edge on knitted fabric.
[28] to make or become fast or secure with or as if with a tie or band
[29] (tr often foll by up ) to encircle or enclose with a band to bind the hair
[30] (tr) to place (someone) under obligation; oblige
[31] (tr) to impose legal obligations or duties upon (a person or party to an agreement)
[32] (tr) to make (a bargain, agreement, etc) irrevocable; seal
[33] (tr) to restrain or confine with or as if with ties, as of responsibility or loyalty
[34] (tr) to place under certain constraints; govern
[35] (tr often foll by up ) to bandage or swathe to bind a wound
[36] to cohere or stick or cause to cohere or stick egg binds fat and flour
[37] to make or become compact, stiff, or hard frost binds the earth
[38] (tr) to enclose and fasten (the pages of a book) between covers (intr) (of a book) to undergo this process
[39] (tr) to provide (a garment, hem, etc) with a border or edging, as for decoration or to prevent fraying
[40] (tr; sometimes foll by out or over) to employ as an apprentice; indenture
[41] (intr) slang to complain
[42] (tr) logic to bring (a variable) into the scope of an appropriate quantifier See also bound 1 (def. 9)
[43] something that binds
[44] the act of binding or state of being bound
[45] informal a difficult or annoying situation
[46] another word for bine
[47] music another word for tie (def. 17)
[48] mining clay between layers of coal
[49] fencing a pushing movement with the blade made to force one's opponent's sword from one line into another
[50] chess a position in which one player's pawns have a hold on the centre that makes it difficult for the opponent to advance there

Words related to Bind

pickle, predicament, dilemma, quandary, crunch, cover, unite, strap, restrict, attach, shackle, handcuff, connect, wrap, tether, dress, stick, engage, oblige, require

Words nearby Bind

binaural, binaural alternate loudness balance test, binaural diplacusis, binchois, binchy, bind, bind hand and foot, bind over, binder, binder twine, bindery

Origin of Bind

before 1000; Middle English binden (v.), Old English bindan; cognate with Old High German bintan, Old Norse binda, Gothic bindan, Sanskrit bandhati (he) binds

Words that may be confused with Bind

bind, bound

Other words from Bind

bind·a·ble , adjective
mis·bind , verb, mis·bound, mis·bind·ing.
re·bind , verb, re·bound, re·bind·ing.

Word origin for Bind

Old English bindan ; related to Old Norse binda , Old High German bintan , Latin offendix band ², Sanskrit badhnāti he binds

Synonyms for Bind

crunch, dilemma, pickle, predicament, quandary, difficulty, nuisance, between a rock and a hard place, hot water, no-win situation, sticky situation, tight situation, tight spot