bind

(intransitive)To tie; to confine by any ligature.

(intransitive)To cohere or stick together in a mass.

We’ll throw it in just to make the cheese more binding.

(intransitive)To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.

(intransitive)To exert a binding or restraining influence.

These are the ties that bind.

(transitive)To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

To bind grain in bundles.

To bind a prisoner.

Đồng nghĩa: fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain

(transitive)To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.

Gravity binds the planets to the sun.

Frost binds the earth.

Đồng nghĩa: curtail, restrain, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, check, inhibit, contain, vanquish, cork, curb, bury, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, hold back, hold down, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, subdue, suppress, throttle, underbring, withhold, withstrain

(transitive)To couple.

(figuratively)To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.

to bind the conscience.

Đồng nghĩa: restrain, restrict, obligate

(law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

(law) To place under legal obligation to serve.

To bind an apprenticeship.

To bound out to service.

Đồng nghĩa: indenture

(transitive)To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

(archaic, transitive)To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.

To bind a belt about one.

To bind a compress upon a wound.

(countable)That which binds or ties.

(countable)A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.

Đồng nghĩa: ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, doghouse, fix, hole, jam, kettle, kettle of fish, ordeal, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, quagmire, situation, spot, spot of bother, sticky situation, sticky wicket, tight spot, trouble

(countable, uncountable)Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.

(countable)(music, countable) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

(countable)(chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.

the Maróczy Bind

(countable, uncountable)The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.