bind

verb
/ˈbaɪ̯nd/

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

Other meanings

To cohere or stick together in a mass.
“We’ll throw it in just to make the cheese more binding.”
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
“I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.”

Synonyms

hold fast
bond
stick
stick to

Related words

bindable
bindee
bindery
bindstone
bindup
debind
disbind
misbind
prebind
rebind
spellbind
upbind

Example sentences

“Break free from the chains that bind you!”
Tatoeba · hecko · CC0
“Trust is the glue that binds society.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“The strong interaction binds quarks into nucleons and nucleons to each other.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "bindan".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bind” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.