Definition of bind

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

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Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book..
Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
Galloon :: Galloon (n.) A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace..
Unfasten :: Unfasten (v. t.) To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc..
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..
Girth :: Girth (v. t.) To bind as with a girth.
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
Force :: Force (n.) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
Affy :: Affy (v. t.) To bind in faith.
Inset :: Inset (n.) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted..
Confirmation :: Confirmation (n.) A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable..
Hoop :: Hoop (v. t.) To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon..
Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..
Sea Withwind :: Sea withwind () A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.
Holding :: Holding (n.) That which holds, binds, or influences..
Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..
Disbind :: Disbind (v. t.) To unbind; to loosen.
Inknot :: Inknot (v. t.) To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together..
Woodbind :: Woodbind (n.) Woodbine.
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