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Bind   /baɪnd/   Listen
verb
Bind  v. t.  (past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding)  
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.
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. "He bindeth the floods from overflowing." "Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years."
3.
To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
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.
5.
To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
6.
To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
7.
To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
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. "Who made our laws to bind us, not himself."
9.
(Law)
(a)
To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
(b)
To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
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.
Synonyms: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.


Bind  v. i.  (past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding)  
1.
To tie; to confine by any ligature. "They that reap must sheaf and bind."
2.
To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.
3.
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
4.
To exert a binding or restraining influence.


noun
Bind  n.  
1.
That which binds or ties.
2.
Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
3.
(Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.
4.
(Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.





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"Bind" Quotes from Famous Books



... pastures, for the benefit of generations yet unborn. Truly, dear Louise, a few dollars spent amongst these worthy fellows are not thrown away, if they serve to form one, the smallest, link of the chain of good-will and good fellowship that does and ought to bind ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 • Various
... against Kaffirs and natives generally. His father had been killed by Kaffirs, and this fact probably rankled in his bosom and ruled his judgments to a great extent. When he wanted to show a little bit of leniency, as, for instance, after an extraordinarily good breakfast, he would bind the culprit over to serve in his own kitchen for a period of one year without remuneration. But he never did get a native to serve the full time, because the native preferred to break the law once more and go to 'tronk' instead. Hard work ...
— The Boer in Peace and War • Arthur M. Mann
... permanent elements of the state—especially never introducing a professional character, as such, otherwise than as respectable. If he must have any name, he should be styled a philosophical aristocrat, delighting in those hereditary institutions which have a tendency to bind one age to another, and in that distinction of ranks, of which, although few may be in possession, all enjoy the advantages. Hence, again, you will observe the good nature with which he seems always to make sport with the passions ...
— Literary Remains, Vol. 2 • Coleridge
... did so, and he added, "This is the Fourth of July of our unhappy people." After the glasses were drained and refilled he said: "Scenes like this bind us to the Jews of the whole world, and not only to those living, but to the past generations as well. This is no time for speaking of the Christian religion, but as I look at this wine an idea strikes me which I cannot help submitting: The Christians ...
— The Rise of David Levinsky • Abraham Cahan
... Unfortunately and unwisely they send their suite on one morning, and ride alone through a forest, where they are set upon by eight banditti. Thiebault fights these odds without flinching, and actually kills three, but is overpowered by sheer numbers. They do not kill him, but bind and toss him into a thicket, after which they take vengeance of outrage on the lady and depart, fearing the return of the meyney. Thiebault feels that his unhappy wife is guiltless, but unluckily does not assure her of this, merely asking her ...
— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury


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