Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Binding

Bind′ing

,
Adj.
That binds; obligatory.
Binding beam
(Arch.)
,
the main timber in double flooring.
–
Binding joist
(Arch.)
,
the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.
Syn. – Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.

Bind′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
2.
Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.
3.
pl.
(Naut.)
The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.

Webster 1828 Edition

Binding

BI'NDING

,
ppr.
Fastening with a band; confining; restraining; covering or wrapping; obliging by a promise or other moral tie; making costive; contracting; making hard or stiff.

BI'NDING

,
Adj.
That obliges; obligatory; as the binding force of a moral duty or of a command.

BI'NDING

,
Noun.
The act of fastening with a band or obliging; a bandage; the cover of a book, with the sewing and accompanying work; any thing that binds; something that secures the edge of cloth.
1.
In the art of defense, a method of securing or crossing the adversary's sword with a pressure, accompanied with a spring of the wrist.
Binding-joists, in architecture, are the joists of a floor into which the trimmers of staircases, or well holes of the stairs and chimney ways, are framed.

Definition 2024

binding

binding

See also: bending

English

Adjective

binding ‎(comparative more binding, superlative most binding)

  1. Assigning something that one will be held to.
    This contract is a legally binding agreement.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

binding ‎(plural bindings)

  1. An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  2. The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  3. (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
  4. (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
  5. (programming) The interface of some library for the programming language other than one it is written in.
    The Python binding is automatically generated.
  6. (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

binding

  1. present participle of bind

Faroese

Etymology

binda +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪntɪŋk/

Noun

binding f (genitive singular bindingar, plural bindingar)

  1. bond, fixation
  2. knitting
  3. (grammar) definiteness

Declension

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative binding bindingin bindingar bindingarnar
Accusative binding bindingina bindingar bindingarnar
Dative binding bindingini bindingum bindingunum
Genitive bindingar bindingarinnar bindinga bindinganna

See also

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bīn'dēng, IPA(key): /ˈbaɪndiŋ/

Rhymes: -iŋ

Similar Results