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bind
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- pronunciation:
- baInd
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
binds, binding, bound |
| definition 1: |
to make secure by fastening, as with cord or the like.
- synonyms:
- fasten, secure, tie, truss
- antonyms:
- release, unbind, unloose, untie
- similar words:
- attach, band, belt, buckle, gird, hitch, hook, join, lash, rope, shackle, strap
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| definition 2: |
to wrap or cover, as a wound.
- synonyms:
- bandage, swaddle, swathe
- similar words:
- cover, dress, ligate, ligature, tape, wrap
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| definition 3: |
to cause to stick together or cohere.
- synonyms:
- affix, attach, cement, fasten, glue, join, stick
- antonyms:
- separate
- similar words:
- bond, consolidate, fuse, paste, secure, set
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| definition 4: |
to keep from leaving or acting on one's own; restrain.
He is bound by habit.- synonyms:
- constrain, restrain, stay, tie
- antonyms:
- unbind
- similar words:
- check, confine, curb, hamper, hinder, limit, restrict
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| definition 5: |
to cause to be intimately connected and mutually obligated, as in marriage.
- synonyms:
- marry, unite, wed
- antonyms:
- separate
- similar words:
- bond, conjoin, join, obligate, oblige
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| definition 6: |
to cause to be obligated; oblige.
We will bind you with a promise.- synonyms:
- constrain, obligate, oblige
- similar words:
- necessitate, require, restrict, tie
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| definition 7: |
to enclose the pages of (a book) with a cover.
- synonyms:
- cover, wrap
- similar words:
- encase, enfold
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| related words: |
anchor, border, bundle, cement, chain, circumscribe, close, commit, constrain, couple, fold, force, girth, knit, knot, lace, link, muffle, pledge, plight, sheet, stick, swear, tether, truss, unite, wed |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become compact or cohesive.
- synonyms:
- adhere, cohere, condense, fasten, stick
- similar words:
- coalesce, set
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| definition 2: |
to restrict or squeeze uncomfortably; be too tight.
This shirt binds.- synonyms:
- chafe, cramp
- similar words:
- encumber
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| definition 3: |
to be obligatory, as a duty.
- synonyms:
- obligate
- similar words:
- bond
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a situation of unusual difficulty.
His business is in a bind, and so is his marriage.- synonyms:
- dilemma, fix, hot water, jam, predicament, quagmire, quandary
- similar words:
- Catch-22, difficulty, double bind, entanglement, hole, imbroglio, impasse, knot, muddle, perplexity, spot, trouble
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| definition 2: |
the act of binding or state of being bound.
- synonyms:
- ligature
- similar words:
- plight
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| definition 3: |
that which binds.
- synonyms:
- fastener, ligature, tie
- similar words:
- agreement, bandage, bond, cincture, compact, contract, glue
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| related words: |
dilemma, predicament, push, tie |
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| derivation: |
bindable (adj.) |
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