bind
noun
1. something that hinders as if with bonds
Definition categories: thought, balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment
Sentences with bind as a noun:
- the Maróczy Bind
verb
1. stick to firmly
Similar word(s): adhere, bond, stick
Definition categories: contact, attach
2. create social or emotional ties
Similar word(s): attach, bond, tie
Definition categories: social, relate
3. make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- The Chinese would bind the feet of their women
Definition categories: contact, attach
4. wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
Similar word(s): bandage
Definition categories: contact, fasten, fix, secure
5. secure with or as if with ropes
Similar word(s): truss
Definition categories: contact, confine, constrain, hold, restrain
6. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
Similar word(s): hold, obligate, oblige
Definition categories: communication, relate
7. provide with a binding
- bind the books in leather
Definition categories: contact, cover
8. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
Similar word(s): tie
Definition categories: contact, fasten, fix, secure
9. form a chemical bond with
- The hydrogen binds the oxygen
Definition categories: change, adhere, bind, bond, stick
10. cause to be constipated
Similar word(s): constipate
Definition categories: body, indispose
Sentences with bind as a verb:
- Just to make the cheese more binding
- I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
- These are the ties that bind.
- to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
- Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
- Frost binds the earth.
- to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
- to bind an apprentice; bound out to service
- to bind a belt about one
- to bind a compress upon a wound.
- to bind up a wound.
- certain drugs bind the bowels.