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adjective Binding adj. That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. Synonyms: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
verb Bind v. t. (past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding) 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. (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. Synonyms: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
Bind v. i. (past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding) 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. 3.To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 4.To exert a binding or restraining influence.
noun Binding n. 1.The act or process of one who, or that which, binds. 2.Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling. 3.pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
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