bind

bind has 29 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
• v. t.. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
• v. t.. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
• v. t.. To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
• v. i.. To tie; to confine by any ligature.
• v. i.. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.