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bind
(bīnd)v. bound (bound), bind·ing, binds
v.tr.
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
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.
5.
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.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1.
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.
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.
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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
n
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).
n. 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.
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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].
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bind
Past participle: bound
Gerund: binding
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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.
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| 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?"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"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 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 | |
| 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"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"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"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" 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 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 | |
| 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" | |
| 10. |  bind - cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" obstipate - constipate severely |
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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
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.
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
verbnoun
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Translations
ربطيُجَلِّدُيَرْبِطُ ، يوثِقُ
ovázatsvázatvázat
bindeforbindeindbinde
sitoayhdistää
binda
結ぶ縛る
aprištiįrišimasįrištisulaikytassurišti
apsietiesietpiesietsasietsiet
viazať
obvezatizvezati
bağlamakciltlemek
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
5. [+ book] → encuadernar
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 ...
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
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 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
to be bound up with (= connected to) → estar estrechamente ligado or vinculado a
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bind
[ˈbaɪnd] [bound] [ˈbaʊnd] (pt, pp) vt
(= 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
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
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 ...
to bind sb over to keep the peace → relaxer qn à condition qu'il ne trouble pas l'ordre public
it's a terrible bind to → c'est vraiment casse-pieds de ...
bind over
vt sep (LAW) → mettre en liberté conditionnelleto 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
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bind
pret, ptp <bound>vt
(= 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
vi
(= 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
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bind
[baɪnd] (bound (vb: pt, pp))1. vt
2. n (fam) (nuisance) → scocciatura
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
to be bound up in (work, research) → essere completamente assorbito/a da
to be bound up with (person) → dedicarsi completamente a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bind
(baind) – past tense, past participle bound (baund) – verb1. 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.
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bind
vt. unir, ligar, vendar con una venda.
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bind
vi (pret & pp bound) (clothing, etc.) apretarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.