4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly
{Bounden}; p. pr & vb n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan perfect
tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden,
Dan. binde, Sw & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan Skr. bandh (for
bhandh) to bind, cf Gr ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix
[root]90.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job
xxviii. 11.
Whom Satan hath bound, lo these eighteen years.
--Luke xiii.
16.
3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --
sometimes with up as to bind up a wound.
4. 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
5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action
as certain drugs bind the bowels.
6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge
of a carpet or garment.
7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as to
bind a book.
8. 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
Who made our laws to bind us not himself. --Milton.
9. (Law)
a To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations;
esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
--Abbott.
b To place under legal obligation to serve; to
indenture; as to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes
with out as bound out to service.
{To bind over}, to put under bonds to do something as to
appear at court, to keep the peace, etc
{To bind to}, to contract; as to bind one's self to a wife.
{To bind up in}, to cause to be wholly engrossed with to
absorb in
Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Binding \Bind"ing\, a.
That binds; obligatory.
{Binding beam} (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
{Binding joist} (Arch.), the secondary timber in
double-framed flooring.
Syn: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent;
astringent; costive; styptic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Binding \Bind"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who or that which binds.
2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or
the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures
the edge of cloth from raveling.
3. pl (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other
chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the
parts of a vessel.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
binding
adj 1: executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract"
2: hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are
uncomfortably binding" [syn: {constricting}]
3: causing constipation [syn: {constipating}]
n 1: the capacity to attract and hold something
2: strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or
decoration
3: the act of applying a bandage [syn: {dressing}, {bandaging}]
4: the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a
leather binding" [syn: {book binding}, {cover}, {back}]
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