v. 25B6; verb
they bound her hands and feet : TIE (UP), fasten (together), hold together, secure, make fast, attach; rope, strap, lash, truss, tether.
Shelley bound up the wound with a clean dressing : BANDAGE, dress, cover, wrap; strap up, tape up.
the experience had bound them together : UNITE, join, bond, knit together, draw together, yoke together.
we have not bound ourselves to join : COMMIT ONESELF, undertake, pledge, vow, promise, swear, give one's word.
the edges are bound in a contrasting colour : TRIM, hem, edge, border, fringe; finish.
they are bound by the agreement : CONSTRAIN, restrict, restrain, trammel, tie hand and foot, straitjacket, tie down, shackle; hamper, hinder, inhibit.
untie, separate.
25B6; noun (informal)
starting so early is a bind : NUISANCE, annoyance, inconvenience, bore, bother, source of irritation, irritant, trial; informal pain, pain in the neck/backside, headache, hassle, drag; N. Amer. informal pain in the butt.
he is in a political bind : PREDICAMENT, difficult/awkward situation, quandary, dilemma, plight, cleft stick; informal spot, tight spot, hole.