Bind - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
- create social or emotional ties (syn: attach, bond, tie)
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- secure with or as if with ropes (syn: tie down, tie up, truss)
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted (syn: hold, obligate, oblige)
- provide with a binding
- form a chemical bond with
Extra examples
She bound her hair in a ponytail.
The machine binds the hay into bales.
He doesn't like to wear clothes that bind.
It's a real bind having to meet all these deadlines.
...with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind...
They bound his legs tight.
He was bound to the mast of his ship.
The sticks of wood were bound together in bunches.
Parcels must be properly bound up for posting to other countries.
The prisoner was bound to a post and shot.
A fillet binds her hair.
Give me another horse and bind up my wounds.
The firm has agreed to bind up the six articles into one book.
Surprise him first, and with hard fetters bind.
The youngest son was bound to a master builder for seven years.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: bind
he/she/it: binds
present participle: binding
past tense: bound
past participle: bound
singular: bind
plural: binds
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