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A band is defined as a group of people working together, particularly in the field of music or a band is something that ties together or restricts movement.

(noun)

The Beatles and the Beach Boys are each an example of a band.
An elastic wrapped around hair to form a ponytail is an example of a band.

The definition of band means to gather or tie together.

(verb)

An example of band is to put flowers into a bundle with string.

See band in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

something that binds, ties together, restrains, etc.
1. a strip or ring of wood, metal, rubber, etc. fastened around something, as to bind or tie it together
2. a finger ring: a wedding band
a contrasting strip or stripe running across or along the edge of a material, or separating different sorts of material
a narrow strip of cloth used to bind, line, decorate, etc.; binding; banding: hatband, neckband
two strips hanging in front from the neck, as part of certain academic, legal, or clerical dress
a belt to drive wheels or pulleys in machinery
any of the separate divisions on a phonograph record containing individual selections
1. a specific range of wavelengths or frequencies, as in radio broadcasting or sound or light transmission
2. any of the stripes of color in a spectrum
Archit. a thin layer or molding
Geol. a thin layer of distinctive rock, ore, etc.

Origin: ME < ON band (akin to OE bend); also (in meaning “thin strip”) < Fr bande, flat strip < OFr bende < ML benda < Goth binda < bindan, bind

transitive verb

to put a band on or around; tie with a band
☆ to mark with a band for identification: to band migratory birds

Origin: OFr bander < the n.

noun

a group of people joined together for a common purpose
a group of musicians playing together, esp. upon wind and percussion instruments: a dance band

Origin: LME bande < MFr < OFr < OProv < Goth bandwa, a sign < ?

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to gather or unite for a common purpose: usually with together

See band in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.
A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.
A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.
Something that constrains or binds morally or legally: the bands of marriage and family.
A simple ungrooved ring, especially a wedding ring.
a. A neckband or collar.
b. bands The two strips hanging from the front of a collar as part of the dress of certain clerics, scholars, and lawyers.
c. A high collar popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
a. Biology A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.
b. Anatomy A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.
Physics
a. A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.
b. A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.
Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.
A cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sheets or quires are attached.

transitive verb band·ed, band·ing, bands

To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.
To mark or identify with or as if with a band: a program to band migrating birds.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bende (from Old English bend and from Old French bande, bende, of Germanic origin)

Origin: and Middle English bond, band (from Old Norse, band); see bhendh- in Indo-European roots

noun

a. A group of people: a band of outlaws.
b. A group of animals.
a. Anthropology A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.
b. Canadian An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.
A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.