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Webster 1913 Edition

Bind

Bind

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Bound
;
p. p.
Bound
, formerly
Bounden
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Binding
.]
[AS.
bindan
, perfect tense
band
,
bundon
, p. p.
bunden
; akin to D. & G.
binden
, Dan.
binde
, Sw. & Icel.
binda
, Goth.
bindan
, Skr.
bandh
(for
bhandh
) to bind, cf. Gr.
[GREEK]
(for
[GREEK]
) cable, and L.
offendix
. √90.]
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.
Job xxviii. 11.
Whom Satan hath
bound
, lo, these eighteen years.
Luke xiii. 16.
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.
Milton.
9.
(Law)
(a)
To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
Abbott.
(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.
Syn. – To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.

Bind

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To tie; to confine by any ligature.
They that reap must sheaf and
bind
.
Shakespeare
2.
To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass;
as, clay
binds
by heat
.
Mortimer.
3.
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
4.
To exert a binding or restraining influence.
Locke.

Bind

,
Noun.
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.
Kirwan.
4.
(Mus.)
A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bind

BIND

, v.t.
1.
To tie together,or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature.
2.
To gird, inwrap or involve; to confine by a wrapper, cover or bandage; sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
3.
To confine or restrain, as with a chain, fetters or cord; as, bind him hand and foot.
4.
To restrain in any manner.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing. Job.28.
5.
To oblige by a promise, vow, stipulation, covenant, law, duty or any other moral tie; to engage.
If a man shall swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond. Numbers 30.
We are bound by the laws of kindness, of nature, of a state, &c.
6.
To confirm or ratify.
Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven. Matt.16.
7.
To distress, trouble, or confine by infirmity.
Whom Satan hath bound these eighteen years. Luke 13.
8.
To constrain by a powerful influence or persuasion.
I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem. Acts.20.
9.
To restrain the natural discharges of the bowels; to make costive; as, certain kinds of food bind the body or bowels.
10. To form a border; to fasten with a band, ribin, or any thing that strengthens the edges; as, to bind a garment or carpet.
11. To cover with leather or anything firm; to sew together and cover; as, to bind a book.
12. To cover or secure by a band; as, to bind a wheel with tire.
13. To oblige to serve, by contract; as, to bind an apprentice; often with out; as, to bind out a servant.
14. To make hard or firm; as, certain substances bind the earth.
To bind to is to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
To bind over is to oblige by bond to appear at a court.

Definition 2024

bind

bind

English

Verb

bind ‎(third-person singular simple present binds, present participle binding, simple past bound, past participle bound or (rare) bounden)

  1. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
      They that reap must sheaf and bind.
  2. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
    Just to make the cheese more binding
    • (Can we date this quote?) Mortimer
      clay binds by heat.
  3. (intransitive) 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.
  4. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
    These are the ties that bind.
  5. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
    to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
  6. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
    Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
    Frost binds the earth.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Job xxviii. 11.
      He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Luke xiii. 16.
      Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.
  7. (transitive) To couple.
  8. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
    to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Milton
      Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
  9. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
  10. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
    to bind an apprentice; bound out to service
  11. (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
  12. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
    to bind a belt about one
    to bind a compress upon a wound.
  13. (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
    to bind up a wound.
  14. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
    certain drugs bind the bowels.
  15. (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
    The three novels were bound together.
  16. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
  17. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
    • 2008, Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)
      We bind the variable n to the value 2, and xs to "abcd".
    • 2009, Robert Pickering, Beginning F# (page 123)
      You can bind an identifier to an object of a derived type, as you did earlier when you bound a string to an identifier of type obj […]

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • bind over - to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
  • bind to - to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
  • bind up in - to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

Translations

Derived terms

Noun

bind ‎(plural binds)

  1. That which binds or ties.
  2. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
  3. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
  4. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
  5. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
    the Maróczy Bind

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:difficult situation

References

  • bind in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • bind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

  • INBD

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bind-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- 'to persuade, encourage; constrain'. Cognate to Ancient Greek πείθω ‎(peíthō, “to persuade, convince”)[1], Illyrian Bindus ‎(“Illyrian Neptune”) and Thracian Bithus ‎(“theonym”).

Verb

bind ‎(first-person singular past tense binda, participle bindur)

  1. to convince, persuade, amaze
  2. a wonder
Related terms

References

  1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.101

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Verb

bind

  1. first-person singular present indicative of binden
  2. imperative of binden

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From the verb binde

Noun

bind n ‎(definite singular bindet, indefinite plural bind, definite plural binda or bindene)

  1. a volume (single book of a published work)
  2. a sling (kind of hanging bandage)
    Han går med armen i bind
  3. a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bind

  1. imperative of binde

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb binde

Noun

bind n ‎(definite singular bindet, indefinite plural bind, definite plural binda)

  1. a volume (single book of a publication)
  2. a sling (kind of hanging bandage)
  3. a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Verb

bind

  1. imperative of binda.

Wolof

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bind/

Verb

bind

  1. to write
    Jàngalekat jaa ngiy bind. - The teacher (here) is writing.

Etymology

From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną (compare West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, German binden, Danish binde), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‎(“to tie”) (compare Welsh benn ‎(“cart”), Latin offendīx ‎(“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras ‎(“partner”), Albanian bend ‎(“servant, henchman”), bind ‎(“to convince, persuade, tame”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα ‎(peîsma, “cable, rope”), Sanskrit बध्नाति ‎(badhnāti)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɪnd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnd

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