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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. |
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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. |
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To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --
sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. |
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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. |
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To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action;
as, certain drugs bind the bowels. |
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To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge
of a carpet or garment. |
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To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to
bind a book. |
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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. |
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To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp.
under the obligation of a bond or covenant. |
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To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture;
as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to
service. |
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To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
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To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick
together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. |
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To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural
action, as by friction. |
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To exert a binding or restraining influence. |
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That which binds or ties. |
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Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a
bine. |
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Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. |
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A ligature or tie for grouping notes. |
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