bind(n = noun.cognition) - something that hinders as if with bonds;
is a kind of balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment
Derived form verb bind6
1. bind(v = verb.contact) adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to - stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
is one way to attach
Derived forms noun binder2, noun binding1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
2. bind(v = verb.social) attach, bond, tie - create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
is one way to relate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
3. bind(v = verb.contact) - make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
is one way to attach
Antonym: unbind
Derived forms adjective bindable1, noun binder4, noun binder1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
4. bind(v = verb.contact) bandage - wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose;
is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Derived forms adjective bindable1, noun binding3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
5. bind(v = verb.contact) tie down, tie up, truss - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
is one way to confine, hold, restrain
Derived form adjective bindable1
Sample sentences:
They want to bind the prisoners
6. bind(v = verb.communication) hold, obligate, oblige - bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
is one way to relate
Derived form noun bind1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
7. bind(v = verb.contact) - provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
is one way to cover
Derived forms noun binder3, noun bindery1, noun binding5, noun binding2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
8. bind(v = verb.contact) tie - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Derived forms adjective bindable1, noun binder1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
9. bind(v = verb.change) - form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
is one way to adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to
Derived forms noun binder2, noun binding1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
10. bind(v = verb.body) constipate - cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
is one way to indispose
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
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." [1913 Webster]
"Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years." [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." [1913 Webster]
9. To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. [1913 Webster]
1. To tie; to confine by any ligature. [1913 Webster]
"They that reap must sheaf and bind." [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]
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. Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
4. A ligature or tie for grouping notes. [1913 Webster]
bind, v. & n.
--v. (past and past part. bound) (see also BOUNDEN).
1 tr. (often foll. by to, on, together) tie or fasten tightly.
2 tr. a restrain; put in bonds. b (as -bound adj.) constricted, obstructed (snowbound).
3 tr. esp. Cookery cause (ingredients) to cohere using another ingredient.
4 tr. fasten or hold together as a single mass.
5 tr. compel; impose an obligation or duty on.
6 tr. a edge (fabric etc.) with braid etc. b fix together and fasten (the pages of a book) in a cover.
7 tr. constipate.
8 tr. ratify (a bargain, agreement, etc.).
9 tr. (in passive) be required by an obligation or duty (am bound to answer).
10 tr. (often foll. by up) a put a bandage or other covering round. b fix together with something put round (bound her hair).
11 tr. indenture as an apprentice.
12 intr. (of snow etc.) cohere, stick.
13 intr. be prevented from moving freely.
14 intr. sl. complain.
--n.
1 colloq. a nuisance; a restriction.
2 = BINE.
Idiom:
be bound up with be closely associated with. bind over Law order (a person) to do something, esp. keep the peace. bind up bandage. I'll be bound a statement of assurance, or guaranteeing the truth of something.
Etymology:
OE bindan
VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.
VB compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige, force upon, press, cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat, say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial, put down, dragoon, extort, wring from, squeeze, put on the squeeze, put on the screws, turn on the screw, drag into, bind, bind over, pin down, tie down, require, tax, put in force, commandeer, restrain.
VB make terms, come to terms, make it a condition, stipulate, insist upon, make a point of, bind, tie up.
VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.
VB be the duty of, be incumbent, on, be responsible, behoove, become, befit, beseem, belong to, pertain to, fall to one's lot, devolve on, lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door, rest with, rest on the shoulders of, take upon oneself, be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for, incur a responsibility, be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation, have to answer for, owe to it oneself, impose a duty enjoin, require, exact, bind, bind over, saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige, enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation, act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post, do duty, do one's duty, be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's.