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[Bind]

If you're in a bind, you have been hindered by some situation. You'll find yourself in a bind if you agree to bring dessert to a party, only to realize that you're out of fruit, sugar, and chocolate chips.

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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

Noun
something that hinders as if with bonds

Verb
cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"

Verb
form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"

Verb
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He''s held by a contract"; "I''ll hold you by your promise"

Verb
fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"

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secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"

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make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"

Verb
wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

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provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"

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stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

Verb
create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"


v. t.
To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

v. t.
To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.

v. t.
To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.

v. t.
To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

v. t.
To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

v. t.
To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

v. t.
To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

v. t.
Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.

v. t.
To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

v. t.
To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.

v. i.
To tie; to confine by any ligature.

v. i.
To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.

v. i.
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

v. i.
To exert a binding or restraining influence.

n.
That which binds or ties.

n.
Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.

n.
Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.

n.
A ligature or tie for grouping notes.


Bind

Bind , v. t. [imp. Bound ; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden ; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. (for ) cable, and L. offendix. &root;90.] 1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner. 2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.
3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. 4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part. 5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels. 6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. 7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book. 8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service. To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. -- To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. -- To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in. Syn. -- To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.

Bind

Bind , v. i. 1. To tie; to confine by any ligature.
They that reap must sheaf and bind.
2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer. 3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. Locke.

Bind

Bind, n. 1. That which binds or ties. 2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine. 3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan. 4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

That which binds or ties.

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Usage Examples

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.

Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.

Bondage is of the mind freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

Many working mothers feel guilty about not being at home. And when they are there, they wish it could be perfect. This pressure to make every minute happy puts working parents in a bind when it comes to setting limits and modifying behavior.

The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

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