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Bind

verb

(past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding)

1.

Stick to firmly. Synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to.

2.

Create social or emotional ties. Synonyms: attach, bond, tie.

3.

Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.

4.

Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose. Synonym: bandage.

5.

Secure with or as if with ropes. Synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss. "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

6.

Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted. Synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige. "I'll hold you by your promise"

7.

Provide with a binding.

8.

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord. Synonym: tie.

9.

Form a chemical bond with.

10.

Cause to be constipated. Synonym: constipate.

noun

1.

Something that hinders as if with bonds.

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"Bind" Quotes from Famous Books

... amicable relations between the two countries, which had been suspended, have been happily restored, and are destined, I trust, to be long preserved. The two Republics, both situated on this continent, and with coterminous territories, have every motive of sympathy and of interest to bind ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... This is the only true religion; and I would to God our country was full of it. For it is the only spice to embalm and to immortalize our republic. Any politician can sketch out a fine theory of government, but what is to bind the people to the practice? Archimedes used to mourn that though his mechanic powers were irresistible, yet he could never raise the world; because he had no place in the heavens, whereon to fix his pullies. Even so, our republic ...

— The Life of General Francis Marion • Mason Locke Weems

... bind a succeeding one in such a case and as the effort must in some degree be experimental, I recommend that any appropriation made for this purpose be so limited in annual amount and as to the time over which it is to extend as will ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... said the little, deformed man, grasping tightly my hand. "They should bind their sympathies in eternal friendship. You have no other word for it! The world never thinks of them until they are dead; ought they not then to be brothers to one another while they live?" He now placed two chairs, frisked about like one half ...

— The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter • "Pheleg Van Trusedale"

... the seconds took their stations immediately behind them, each armed with a sword, and gave the words: "ready—bind your weapons—loose!" They instantly sprang at each other, exchanged two or three blows, when the seconds cried "halt!" and struck their swords up. Twenty-four rounds of this kind ended the duel, without either being hurt, though the cap of one of them was cut through and ...

— Views a-foot • J. Bayard Taylor

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