verb
1 tie with rope/fabric
ADVERB
▪ tightly
▪
They bound his hands together tightly.
▪ loosely
▪ together
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪ with
▪
The sails are bound to the mast with rope.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and gag sb , ~ sb hand and foot
▪
She found herself bound hand and foot.
2 make sb do sth
ADVERB
▪ contractually , legally , morally
3 book
PHRASES
▪ be beautifully bound , be handsomely bound , be richly bound
▪ be bound in sth
▪
two volumes bound in leather
Bind is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ book , ↑ molecule , ↑ party , ↑ wrist