Band Definition

bănd
banded, bands
noun
bands
A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together.
A metal band around the bale of cotton.
American Heritage
Something that binds, ties together, restrains, etc.
Webster's New World
A strip or ring of wood, metal, rubber, etc. fastened around something, as to bind or tie it together.
Webster's New World
A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.
American Heritage
A finger ring.
A wedding band.
Webster's New World
verb
banded, bands
To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.
American Heritage
To assemble or unite in a group.
American Heritage
To put a band on or around; tie with a band.
Webster's New World
To gather or unite for a common purpose.
Webster's New World
To mark or identify with a band.
A program to band migrating birds.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Band

Noun

Singular:
band
Plural:
bands

Origin of Band

  • From Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic bandur (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bende (from Old English bend) (and from Old French bande, bende) (of Germanic origin) and Middle English bond, band (from Old Norse band) bhendh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Provençal banda (“regiment of troops”), probably from Proto-Germanic *bandī or Gothic, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).

    From Wiktionary

  • * (wildcard) + -band, after the roguelike Angband, after the fictional fortress Angband in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion, from Sindarin ang (“iron”) + band (“prison”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Earlier bande from Old French banner, troop identified by its standard of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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