Bind - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |baɪnd|  American pronunciation of the word bind
Brit.  |baɪnd|  British pronunciation of the word bind
irregular verb:  p.t. — bound  p.p. — bound

noun

- something that hinders as if with bonds

verb

- stick to firmly (syn: adhere, bond, stick)
- create social or emotional ties (syn: attach, bond, tie)
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
The Chinese would bind the feet of their women
- wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose (syn: bandage)
- 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
bind the books in leather
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord (syn: tie)
- form a chemical bond with
The hydrogen binds the oxygen
- cause to be constipated (syn: constipate)

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

bind over  — order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bind
he/she/it: binds
present participle: binding
past tense: bound
past participle: bound
noun
singular: bind
plural: binds
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