bind
bind is a 4-letter English word with 29 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
- transitive verb. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- transitive verb. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- transitive verb. To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
- intransitive verb. To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- intransitive verb. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.
- intransitive verb. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- intransitive verb. To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- noun. That which binds or ties.
- noun. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
- noun. Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.
- noun. A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- noun. something that hinders as if with bonds
- verb. cause to be constipated
"These foods tend to constipate you"
- verb. form a chemical bond with
"The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
- verb. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
"He's held by a contract"
"I'll hold you by your promise"
- verb. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
"They tied their victim to the chair"
- verb. secure with or as if with ropes
"tie down the prisoners"
"tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
- verb. make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
"The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
- verb. wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
- verb. provide with a binding
"bind the books in leather"
- verb. stick to firmly
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
- verb. create social or emotional ties
"The grandparents want to bond with the child"
Synonyms
constipate, hold, obligate, oblige, tie, truss, bandage, adhere, bond, stick, attach
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bind:
Common word forms
binds, binder, binding, bindable
Words from these letters
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