BIND


Meaning of BIND in English

■ verb ( past and past participle bound )

1》 tie or fasten (something) tightly together.

↘restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet.

↘wrap or encircle (something) tightly.

2》 hold in a united or cohesive group or mass.

↘hold or combine with (a substance) by chemical bonding.

3》 impose a legal or contractual obligation on.

↘indenture (someone) as an apprentice.

↘secure (a contract), typically with a sum of money.

↘( ~ someone over ) (of a court of law) require someone to fulfil an obligation, typically by paying a sum of money as surety.

4》 fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover.

5》 trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a fabric strip.

6》 Logic (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope.

7》 (of a food or medicine) make (someone) constipated.

■ noun

1》 informal an annoyance.

↘a problematical situation.

2》 a statutory constraint.

3》 Music another term for tie .

4》 another term for bine .

Origin

OE ~an , of Gmc origin.

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