Definition of bind

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Bind (v. t.) 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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Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Bookbinder :: Bookbinder (n.) One whose occupation is to bind books.
Snood :: Snood (v. t.) To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood..
Lasher :: Lasher (n.) A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also lashing.
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To bind (together); to enchain.
Bind :: Bind (n.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Null :: Null (a.) Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
Enlace :: Enlace (v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle..
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
Forel :: Forel (v. t.) To bind with a forel.
Hamshackle :: Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb..
Underbrace :: Underbrace (v. t.) To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below..
Bondstone :: Bondstone (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone..
Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..
Enlist :: Enlist (v. i.) To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war..
Matweed :: Matweed (n.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit..
Bracer :: Bracer (n.) That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage..
Constringent :: Constringent (a.) Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing..
Edder :: Edder (v. t.) To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge..
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