bind

(bīnd)

v. bound (bound), bind·ing, binds

v.tr.

a. To tie or secure, as with a rope or cord.

b. To hold or restrain by tying with rope or bonds: bound the prisoner.

a. To fasten or wrap by encircling, as with a belt or ribbon: a dress bound with a sash.

b. To bandage: bound up their wounds.

a. To compel, constrain, or unite: bound by a deep sense of duty; bound by a common interest in sports.

b. To make certain or irrevocable: bind the deal with a down payment.

c. Law To place under legal obligation.

d. To apprentice or indenture: was bound out as a servant.

4. Chemistry To combine with, form a chemical bond with, or be taken up by, as an enzyme with its substrate.

a. To cause to cohere or stick together in a mass: Bind the dry ingredients with milk and eggs.

b. To constipate.

6. To enclose and fasten (the pages of a book or other printed material) between covers.

7. To furnish with an edge or border for protection, reinforcement, or ornamentation.

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, constraining, or unifying: moved to her home town because of the ties that bind.

6. Chemistry To combine chemically or form a chemical bond.

a. The act of binding.

b. The state of being bound.

c. Something that binds.

d. 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 Verbs:

bind off

To cast off in knitting.

bind over Law

To hold under legal obligation, as to bind over a party accused of crime to appear before a grand jury or in a particular court.

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

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bind

(baɪnd)

vb, binds, binding or bound

1. to make or become fast or secure with or as if with a tie or band

2. (often foll by: up) to encircle or enclose with a band: to bind the hair.

3. (tr) to place (someone) under obligation; oblige

4. (Law) (tr) to impose legal obligations or duties upon (a person or party to an agreement)

5. (tr) to make (a bargain, agreement, etc) irrevocable; seal

6. (tr) to restrain or confine with or as if with ties, as of responsibility or loyalty

7. (Logic) (tr) to place under certain constraints; govern

8. (Medicine) (often foll by: up) to bandage or swathe: to bind a wound.

9. to cohere or stick or cause to cohere or stick: egg binds fat and flour.

10. to make or become compact, stiff, or hard: frost binds the earth.

11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)

a. (tr) to enclose and fasten (the pages of a book) between covers

b. (intr) (of a book) to undergo this process

12. (Clothing & Fashion) (tr) to provide (a garment, hem, etc) with a border or edging, as for decoration or to prevent fraying

13. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (tr; sometimes foll by out or over) to employ as an apprentice; indenture

14. (intr) slang to complain

15. (Logic) (tr) logic to bring (a variable) into the scope of an appropriate quantifier. See also bound¹⁹

16. something that binds

17. the act of binding or state of being bound

18. informal a difficult or annoying situation

19. (Botany) another word for bine

20. (Music, other) music another word for tie¹⁷

21. (Mining & Quarrying) mining clay between layers of coal

22. (Fencing) fencing a pushing movement with the blade made to force one's opponent's sword from one line into another

23. (Chess & Draughts) 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

[Old English bindan; related to Old Norse binda, Old High German bintan, Latin offendix band², Sanskrit badhnāti he binds]

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bind

(baɪnd)

v. bound, bind•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to fasten or secure with or as if with a band.

2. to encircle with a band or ligature: to bind one's hair with a ribbon.

3. to bandage (often fol. by up): to bind up one's wounds.

4. to fix in place by girding: They bound his hands behind him.

5. to cause to cohere: Ice bound the soil.

6. to unite by any legal or moral tie: to be bound by a contract.

7. to place under obligation (usu. used passively): We are bound to obey the laws.

8. to put under legal obligation, as to appear as witness: to be bound over to the grand jury.

9. to make binding on both buyer and seller: to bind an order with a deposit.

10. to secure within a cover: to bind a book in leather.

11. to cover the edge of: to bind a carpet.

12. (of clothing) to chafe or restrict (the wearer).

13. to constipate.

14. to indenture as an apprentice: bound as a child to a blacksmith.

v.i.

15. to become compact or solid; cohere.

16. to be obligatory.

17. to chafe or restrict, as poorly fitting garments.

18. to stick fast, as a drill in a hole.

19. bind off, cast (def. 35d).

20. the act of binding, or the state of being bound.

21. something that binds.

22. a difficult situation or predicament: This schedule has us in a bind.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English bindan]

bind′a•ble, adj.

Bind

a unit of measurement for salmon or eels.

Examples: bind of eels [ten strike or sticks, i.e., 250 eels], 1667; bind of salmon [fourteen gallons].

bind

Past participle: bound
Gerund: binding

Imperative
bind
bind

Present
I bind
you bind
he/she/it binds
we bind
you bind
they bind

Preterite
I bound
you bound
he/she/it bound
we bound
you bound
they bound

Present Continuous
I am binding
you are binding
he/she/it is binding
we are binding
you are binding
they are binding

Present Perfect
I have bound
you have bound
he/she/it has bound
we have bound
you have bound
they have bound

Past Continuous
I was binding
you were binding
he/she/it was binding
we were binding
you were binding
they were binding

Past Perfect
I had bound
you had bound
he/she/it had bound
we had bound
you had bound
they had bound

Future
I will bind
you will bind
he/she/it will bind
we will bind
you will bind
they will bind

Future Perfect
I will have bound
you will have bound
he/she/it will have bound
we will have bound
you will have bound
they will have bound

Future Continuous
I will be binding
you will be binding
he/she/it will be binding
we will be binding
you will be binding
they will be binding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been binding
you have been binding
he/she/it has been binding
we have been binding
you have been binding
they have been binding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been binding
you will have been binding
he/she/it will have been binding
we will have been binding
you will have been binding
they will have been binding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been binding
you had been binding
he/she/it had been binding
we had been binding
you had been binding
they had been binding

Conditional
I would bind
you would bind
he/she/it would bind
we would bind
you would bind
they would bind

Past Conditional
I would have bound
you would have bound
he/she/it would have bound
we would have bound
you would have bound
they would have bound

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bind

1. To add eggs, melted fat or cream to a mixture to stick dry ingredients together.

2. To add starch to a liquid to solidify or thicken it.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	bind - something that hinders as if with bonds deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, balk, baulk, handicap, check - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
Verb	1.	bind - stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" bond, hold fast, stick to, stick, adhere bind - form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
	2.	bind - create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" bond, attach, tie relate - have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers" fixate - attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40" befriend - become friends with; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"
	3.	bind - make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" attach - cause to be attached swaddle, swathe - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" encircle, gird - bind with something round or circular cement - make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship" unbind - untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman"
	4.	bind - wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose bandage fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
	5.	bind - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" tie down, tie up, truss chain up - tie up with chains; "chain up the prisoners" faggot up - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks" hog-tie - tie together somebody's limbs; "The prisoner was hog-tied" restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
	6.	bind - bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" oblige, obligate, hold pledge - bind or secure by a pledge; "I was pledged to silence" article - bind by a contract; especially for a training period indenture, indent - bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" tie down - restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied down by his work" relate - have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
	7.	bind - provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" rebind - provide with a new binding; "The tattered old book is valuable and we need to rebind it"
	8.	bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" tie gag, muzzle - tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" retie - tie again or anew; "retie the string and make it strong enough now" bind off, tie up - finish the last row loop - fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt" cord - bind or tie with a cord lash together - bind together with a cord or rope; "Lash together these barrels!" truss - tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it leash, rope - fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" strap - tie with a strap knot - tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces" lash - bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse" band - bind or tie together, as with a band fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" lace up, lace - draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces"
	9.	bind - form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions ligate - bind chemically; "The enzyme ligated" bind, bond, hold fast, stick to, stick, adhere - stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
	10.	bind - cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you" constipate indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" obstipate - constipate severely

bind

verb

1. unite, join, link, consolidate, unify It is the threat of persecution that binds them together.

2. oblige, make, force, require, engage, compel, prescribe, constrain, necessitate, impel, obligate The treaty binds them to respect their neighbour's independence.

3. tie, unite, join, stick, secure, attach, wrap, rope, knot, strap, lash, glue, tie up, hitch, paste, fasten, truss, make fast Bind the ends of the card together with thread.
tie free, release, undo, loosen, untie, unfasten, unbind

4. restrict, limit, handicap, confine, detain, restrain, hamper, inhibit, hinder, impede, hem in, keep within bounds or limits All are bound by the same strict etiquette.

5. trim, finish, edge, border Each volume is bound in bright-coloured stock.

6. fuse, join, stick, bond, cement, adhere These compounds bind with genetic material in the liver.

7. bandage, cover, dress, wrap, swathe, encase Her mother bound the wound with a rag soaked in iodine.

8. edge, finish, border, trim, hem Bind the edges of the blind with braid or fringing.

noun

1. (Informal) edge, inconvenience, hassle (informal), drag (informal), spot (informal), difficulty, bore, dilemma, pest, hot water (informal) It is expensive to buy and a bind to carry home. nuisance, uphill (S. African), predicament, annoyance, quandary, pain in the neck (informal), pain in the arse (taboo informal), pain in the backside, pain in the butt (informal)

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bind

verb

1. To make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope:

fasten, knot, secure, tie, tie up.

2. To apply therapeutic materials to (a wound):

bandage, dress.

3. To be morally bound to do:

charge, commit, obligate, pledge.

4. To unite or be united in a relationship:

affiliate, ally, associate, combine, conjoin, connect, join, link, relate.

noun

Informal. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition:

box, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble.

Informal: pickle, spot.

Translations

ربطيُجَلِّدُيَرْبِطُ ، يوثِقُ

ovázatsvázatvázat

bindeforbindeindbinde

binden verbinden Binde

δένω

amarrar atar empastar encuadernar ligar

sitoayhdistää

relier attacher gripper lier nouer

binda

legare rilegare vincolare rilegatura seccatura

結ぶ縛る

aprištiįrišimasįrištisulaikytassurišti

apsietiesietpiesietsasietsiet

binden inbinden koppelen verbinden

binde binde inn

conectar copular juntar ligar

вязать связать связывать

viazať

obvezatizvezati

bağlamakciltlemek

捆绑装订装订书

bind

[baɪnd] (bound (pt, pp))

A. VT

1. (= tie together) → atar; (= tie down, make fast) → sujetar (fig) → unir (to a) bound hand and foot → atado de pies y manos

2. (= encircle) → rodear (with de) → ceñir (with con, de)

3. [+ wound, arm etc] → vendar; [+ bandage] → enrollar

4. (Sew) [+ material, hem] → ribetear (Agr) [+ corn] → agavillar

5. [+ book] → encuadernar

6. (= oblige) to bind sb to sth → obligar a algn a cumplir con algo
to bind sb to do sth → obligar a algn a hacer algo
to bind sb as an apprentice to → poner a algn de aprendiz con
see also bound ¹

7. (Culin) → unir, trabar

B. VI [cement etc] → cuajarse; [parts of machine] → trabarse

C. N (Brit) (= nuisance) → lata f
it's a bind → es una lata
what a bind! → ¡qué lata!
to be in a bind → estar en apuros
the bind is that → el problema es que ...

bind on VT + ADV → prender

bind over VT + ADV (Brit) (Jur) → obligar a comparecer ante el magistrado
to bind sb over for six months → conceder a algn la libertad bajo fianza durante seis meses
to bind sb over to keep the peace → exigir a algn legalmente que no reincida

bind together VT + ADV (lit) → atar (fig) → unir

bind up VT + ADV

1. [+ wound] → vendar

2. to be bound up in [+ work, research etc] → estar absorto en
to be bound up with (= connected to) → estar estrechamente ligado or vinculado a

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bind

[ˈbaɪnd] [bound] [ˈbaʊnd] (pt, pp)

(= tie) → attacher
to bind one thing to another (= fix) → attacher une chose à une autre (= unite) → unir une chose à une autre
to bind together [+ things] → lier; [+ people] → unir

[+ book] → relier

(= oblige) [treaty, contract] → obliger
to be legally bound to do sth → être contraint(e) par la loi à faire qch

n (= drag) it's a bind → c'est casse-pieds
it's a terrible bind to → c'est vraiment casse-pieds de ...

bind over

vt sep (LAW) → mettre en liberté conditionnelle
to bind sb over to keep the peace → relaxer qn à condition qu'il ne trouble pas l'ordre public

bind up

vt sep

[+ wound] → panser

to be bound up in [person] [+ work, research] → être complètement absorbé(e) par; [thing] (= involved) → être étroitement lié(e) à

bind

pret, ptp <bound>

(= make fast, tie together) → binden (→ to an +acc); person → fesseln; (fig) → verbinden (to mit); bound hand and foot → an Händen und Füßen gefesselt or gebunden; the emotions which bind her to him → ihre emotionale Bindung an ihn

(= tie round) wound, arm etc → verbinden; bandage → wickeln, binden; artery → abbinden; (for beauty) waist → einschnüren; feet → einbinden or -schnüren; hair → binden

(= secure edge of) material, hem → einfassen

book → binden

(= oblige: by contract, promise) to bind somebody to something → jdn an etw (acc) → binden, jdn zu etw verpflichten; to bind somebody to do something → jdn verpflichten, etw zu tun; to bind somebody as an apprentice → jdn in die Lehre geben (to zu) ? bound³

(Med) bowels → verstopfen

(= make cohere, Cook) → binden

(= cohere: cement etc) → binden; stop the soil binding by adding some compost → lockern Sie den Boden mit Kompost; the clay soil tended to bind → der Lehmboden war ziemlich schwer or klebte ziemlich; the grass should help the soil bind → das Gras sollte den Boden festigen

(Med, food) → stopfen

(= stick: brake, sliding part etc) → blockieren

n (inf)

in a bind → in der Klemme (inf)

to be (a bit of) a bind (Brit) → recht lästig sein

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bind

[baɪnd] (bound (vb: pt, pp))

1. vt

a. (tie together, make fast) → legare (fig) → legare, unire (Culin) → legare (Sewing) (seam) → orlare; (book) → rilegare
bound hand and foot → legato/a mani e piedi

b. (encircle) → avvolgere; (wound, arm) → fasciare, bendare

c. (oblige) to bind sb to sth/to do sth → obbligare qn a qc/a fare qc

2. n (fam) (nuisance) → scocciatura

bind together vt + adv (sticks) → legare (insieme) (fig) → unire

bind over vt + adv (Law) → dare la condizionale a

bind up vt + adv (wound) → fasciare, bendare
to be bound up in (work, research) → essere completamente assorbito/a da
to be bound up with (person) → dedicarsi completamente a

bind

(baind) – past tense, past participle bound (baund) – verb

1. to tie up. The doctor bound up the patient's leg with a bandage; The robbers bound up the bank manager with rope.

2. to fasten together and put a cover on the pages of (a book). Bind this book in leather.

ˈbinding noun

the covering in which the leaves of a book are fixed. leather binding.

-bound

(as part of a word) prevented from making progress by a particular thing. The ship was fogbound.

bind

vt. unir, ligar, vendar con una venda.

bind

vi (pret & pp bound) (clothing, etc.) apretar