'BIND' definitions:

Definition of 'bind'

(from WordNet)
noun
Something that hinders as if with bonds
verb
Stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to]
verb
Create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
verb
Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [ant: unbind]
verb
Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: bind, bandage]
verb
Secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss]
verb
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige, bind, hold, obligate]
verb
Provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
verb
Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant: unbrace, unlace, untie]
verb
Form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
verb
Cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you" [syn: constipate, bind]

Definition of 'Bind'

From: GCIDE
  • Bind \Bind\, n.
  • 1. That which binds or ties. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bind'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job xxviii. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. --Luke xiii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bind'

From: GCIDE
  • Bind \Bind\, v. i.
  • 1. To tie; to confine by any ligature. [1913 Webster]
  • They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bind'

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Acronyms for 'bind'

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