bind
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bind
- /ˈbaɪ̯nd/
- /ˈbaɪ̯n/
Sounds like bine · Rhymes with -aɪnd
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *bindaną
Proto-West Germanic *bindan
Old English bindan
Middle English binden
English bind
From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
See also West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, binden, German binden, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk binde, Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish binda; also Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian بستن (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit बन्धति (bándhati). Doublet of bandana.
verb binds · binding · bound · binded
- To tie; to confine by any ligature. They that reap must sheaf and bind.
- To cohere or stick together in a mass. We’ll throw it in just to make the cheese more binding.
- To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
- To exert a binding or restraining influence. These are the ties that bind.
- To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. To bind grain in bundles.
- To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind. Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
- To couple.
- To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie. to bind the conscience.
- To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- To place under legal obligation to serve. To bind an apprenticeship.
- To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something. To bind a belt about one.
- To cover, as with a bandage. To bind up a wound.
- To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation. Certain drugs bind the bowels.
- To put together in a cover, as of books. The three novels were bound together.
- To make two or more elements stick together.
- To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location. We bind the variable n to the value 2, and xs to "abcd".
- To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- To complain; to whine about something. "But it's not much good piling up the pix if I can't sell them." "Oh do stop binding. Think of something. How will we eat, where will we sleep?"
- To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men. I haven't binded since I got my top surgery.
noun binds
- That which binds or ties.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break. the Maróczy Bind
- The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.
