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Binding

adjective

1.

Executed with proper legal authority.

noun

1.

The capacity to attract and hold something.

2.

Strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration.

3.

The act of applying a bandage. Synonyms: bandaging, dressing.

4.

One of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall. Synonym: ski binding.

5.

The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book. Synonyms: back, book binding, cover.

Bind

verb

(past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding)

1.

Stick to firmly. Synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to.

2.

Create social or emotional ties. Synonyms: attach, bond, tie.

3.

Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.

4.

Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose. Synonym: bandage.

5.

Secure with or as if with ropes. Synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss. "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

6.

Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted. Synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige. "I'll hold you by your promise"

7.

Provide with a binding.

8.

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord. Synonym: tie.

9.

Form a chemical bond with.

10.

Cause to be constipated. Synonym: constipate.

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"Binding" Quotes from Famous Books

... also attached to the horizontal logs by various ingenious contrivances, such as a fork, a natural bend, an artificial check, or a mortised hole; and some of the beams were pinned together by tree-nails, the perforations of which were unmistakable. This binding together of the wooden structures is a well-known feature in crannogs, as was demonstrated by my investigations at Lochlee and elsewhere. {28a} It would be still more necessary in a substratum of timbers ...

— The Clyde Mystery - a Study in Forgeries and Folklore • Andrew Lang

... work loose his hands, but to no avail. The rope of plaited skin binding his aching wrists together was tough as any rawhide. Cursing, he abandoned the effort, and, as his eyes once more swept the great bloodthirsty throng below, he ...

— Astounding Stories, March, 1931 • Various

... going to the synagogue, and then repairing to breakfast with the bride, where he practises the same self-denial - the washing of the bridegroom's plate and sending it after him, that he may break his fast - the binding his hands behind him - his ransom paid by the bride's mother - the visit of the sages to the bridegroom - the mulct imposed in case he repent - the killing of the bullock at the house of the bridegroom - the present of meat and fowls, meal and spices, to the bride ...

— The Zincali - An Account of the Gypsies of Spain • George Borrow

... this list which are not otherwise designated are in Octavo, pamphlet form, and may be obtained in half-binding [leather backs and pasteboard sides], suitable for Public and Circulating Libraries, at 25 cents, net, per volume, in addition to the price of the respective works as stated below. The Duodecimo Novels are bound in Cloth, unless ...

— The Entailed Hat - Or, Patty Cannon's Times • George Alfred Townsend

... by Arago that he found under the cover of a text book he was binding a short note from D'Alembert ...

— An Iron Will • Orison Swett Marden

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