Definition of bind

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Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..

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Bond :: Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle..
Bindery :: Bindery (n.) A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment..
Band :: Band () imp. of Bind.
Unbound :: Unbound () imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
Bindingly :: Bindingly (adv.) So as to bind.
Black Book :: Black book () One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents..
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Karaite :: Karaite (n.) A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists..
Underbrace :: Underbrace (v. t.) To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below..
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
Bind :: Bind (n.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Deligate :: Deligate (v. t.) To bind up; to bandage.
Braid :: Braid (n.) A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc..
Truss :: Truss (n.) To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
Uncord :: Uncord (v. t.) To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package..
Link :: Link (n.) Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) 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..
Upbind :: Upbind (v. t.) To bind up.
Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..
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