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bind (bīnd)

transitive verb bound, binding bind′·ing

  1. to tie together; make fast or tight, as with a rope or band
  2. to hold or restrain as if tied or tied down bound by convention
  3. to gird or encircle with a belt, girdle, etc.; wrap or fasten around
  4. to bandage: often with up
  5. to make stick together; make cohere
  6. to tighten the bowels of; constipate
  7. to strengthen, secure, or ornament the edges of by a band, as of tape
  8. to fasten together the printed pages of (a book) and enclose them within a protective cover
  9. to secure or make firm (a bargain, contract, etc.)
  10. to obligate by duty, love, etc.
  11. to compel, as by oath, legal restraint, or contract
  12. to make an apprentice of; indenture: often with out or over
  13. to unite or hold, as by a feeling of loyalty or love

Etymology: ME binden < OE bindan < IE base *bhendh- > band, bend, Sans badhnti, (he) binds, Goth bindan

intransitive verb

  1. to do the act of binding
  2. to be or become tight, hard, or stiff
  3. to be constricting or restricting
  4. to stick together
  5. to be obligatory or binding in force

noun

  1. anything that binds
  2. ☆ Informal a difficult or restrictive situation; jam to be in a bind
  3. Music tie ()
bind Idioms

bind over

to put under legal bond to appear at a specified time and place, as before a law court
bind*, Synonyms

bind*,

n.

dilemma, tight situation, quandary, jam*; see predicament.

bind Synonyms

bind

v.

  1. To constrain with bonds

    tie, tie up, truss, truss up, shackle, fetter, pinion, cinch, clamp, chain, leash, constrict, manacle, enchain, enfetter, lace, pin, restrict, restrain, moor, handcuff, hamper, muzzle, hitch, secure, yoke, pin down, peg down, fix, strap, tether, bind up, lash (down), hobble, trammel, hogtie.

  2. To hold together or in place

    secure, attach, adhere; see fasten 1.

  3. To obligate

    oblige, necessitate, compel; see force 1.

  4. To dress

    treat, wrap, bandage; see dress 4.

  5. To join

    unite, put together, connect; see join 1.

bind Law Definition

v

To subject to a legal obligation.
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) Hacker Definition
An implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols that is open source and provides a redistributable reference implementation of the key components of the DNS. These components include a Domain Name System resolver library, a Domain Name System server, and a number of tools to verify the correct operation of the DNS server.

Note that the BIND DNS server is utilized on multitudes of name-serving computers on the Internet. In fact, BIND is touted as the most widely used software on the Internet to provide Domain Name System services and is known for its ability to provide a robust and stable architecture, on top of which an enterprise’s naming architecture can be constructed. Moreover, the Domain Name System resolver library gives the standard APIs, a set of thousands of detailed functions and subroutines that programmers can use to translate domain names and Internet addresses. The resolver library was meant to be linked with applications needing name service.

See Also: Domain Name System (DNS); Internet.

ISC Inc. ISC Inc. Internet Systems Consortium: ISC BIND. [Online, 2004.] ISC Inc. Website. http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/; Spolsky, J. How Microsoft Lost the API War. [Online, June 13, 2004.] Joel Spolsky Website. http://joel.spolsky.com/.
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) Telecom Definition
A domain name server (DNS) for UNIX operating systems (OSs), BIND was originally written for the BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) version of UNIX written at the University of California at Berkeley. See also daemon, DNS, OS, and UNIX.
bind Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • ligand: Use myoglobin to illustrate how the same forces allow proteins to bind ligands.

Noun used with modifier

  • ligand: Extracellular ligands bind at the a / b subunit interface.
bind Quotes

Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease And builds a hell in heaven's despite.

—Blake,William

The Spirit of the Lord G isuponme; becausethe Lhath anointed meto preach good tidings untothemeek; he hath sent me, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;To proclaim the acceptable yearofthe L, and the dayof vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for thespirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the L, that he might be glorified.

—Bible (Old Testament)

One Ring to rule them all,One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

—Tolkien,J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel)

Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can only bind the hands. The mind makes us either free or enslaved.

—Grillparzer, Franz