Word: Bind
How to pronounce: baɪnd
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Tie or fasten (something) tightly.
Example sentences: "The logs were bound together with ropes"
2. Cohere or cause to cohere in a single mass.
Example sentences: "Mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them"
3. Cause (people) to feel united.
Example sentences: "It's music that has bound us together"
4. Impose a legal or contractual obligation on.
Example sentences: "A party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms"
5. Fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover.
Example sentences: "A small, fat volume, bound in red morocco"
6. Trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip.
Example sentences: "A ruffle with the edges bound in a contrasting color"
7. (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope.
Example sentences: "In two studies in which readers' eye movements were recorded, we examined the processing of pronouns bound by universal quantifiers."
8. (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases).
Example sentences: "This has the consequence that where a coreferential or bound zero anaphor may occur, the use of an overt pronoun will tend to be taken to solicit disjoint reference."
Noun
Definitions:
1. A problematical situation.
Example sentences: "He is in a political bind over the welfare issue"
2. A statutory constraint.
Example sentences: "The moral bind of the law"
3. Another term for tie
Example sentences: "The beat on which the bind begins is also indicated explicitly."
4. Another term for bine
Synonyms:
oblige
impose
obligate
tie
fasten
attach
fix
stick
jam
bandage
dress
adhere
restrict
hold
restrain
bond
shackle
chain
fetter
enchain
handcuff
tie together
tie up
Antonyms:
unbind
untie
Derivations:
binding
binder
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Bind in Other Languages...
Spanish: Unir
German: Binden
French: Lier
Italian: Legare
Turkish: Bağlanmak
