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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
bind (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to make secure by tying
b) to confine, restrain, or restrict as if with bonds
c) to put under an obligation - binds himself with an oath
d) to constrain with legal authority
2.
a) to wrap around with something so as to enclose or cover
b) - bandage
3.
to fasten round about
4.
to tie together (as stocks of wheat)
5.
a) to cause to stick together
b) to take up and hold (as by chemical forces) combine with
6.
- constipate
7.
to make a firm commitment for - a handshake binds the deal
8.
to protect, strengthen, or decorate by a band or - binding
9.
to apply the parts of the cover to (a book)
10.
to set at work as an apprentice - indenture
11.
to cause to have an emotional attachment
12.
intransitive verb
to fasten together - a pin bound the ends of the scarf
1.
a) to form a cohesive mass
b) to combine or be taken up especially by chemical action - antibody binds to a specific antigen
2.
to hamper free movement or natural action
3.
to become hindered from free operation
4.
to exert a restraining or compelling effect - a promise that binds
1.
a) something that - binds
b) the act of the state of being bound - binding
c) a place where binding occurs
2.
- tie
3.
a position or situation in which one is hampered, constrained, or prevented from free movement or action
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
bind (noun)1.
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
SYNONYMS:
bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot, jam, mire, pickle, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swampRELATED WORDS:
difficulty, node; hot water, soup; pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble; deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill; clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait2.
something that physically prevents free movement
SYNONYMS:
band, bind, bracelet, chain, cuff(s), fetter, handcuff(s), irons, ligature, manacle(s), shackleRELATED WORDS:
captivity, confinement, constraint, curb, enchainment, enslavement, hindrance, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint, restriction; entanglement, net, trammel, trap; collar, straitjacket ( straightjacket); fastener, hobble, hold, hold-down, holding, tie1.
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
SYNONYMS:
chain, enchain, enfetter, fetter, gyve, handcuff, manacle, pinion, shackle, trammelRELATED WORDS:
bit, hobble, hog-tie, iron, lash, secure, tie, truss; attach, fasten, join, link; confine, constrain, curb, hamper, hinder, impede; limit, restrict; entangle, tangleNEAR ANTONYMS:
emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release, rescue; undo, unfasten, untangle, untie; detach, disengage2.
to cover with a bandage
SYNONYMS:
bind, dress, swatheRELATED WORDS:
attend, care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, treat; cure, heal, mend, rehabilitate, remedyNEAR ANTONYMS:
unbandage3.
to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord
SYNONYMS:
band, bind, trussRELATED WORDS:
cinch, cord, rope, strap, thread, wire; gird, girt; lash, leash, tether; interlace, intertwine, interweave, lace; entangle, knot, snarl, tangle, twist; coil, windNEAR ANTONYMS:
undo, unfasten, unlace, unlash, unloose, unloosen, unstrap, unstring, unthread; unleash, untether; disentangle, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist; uncoil, unspool, unwind