bind
bind (bīnd)
transitive verb bound, binding bind′·ing
- to tie together; make fast or tight, as with a rope or band
- to hold or restrain as if tied or tied down bound by convention
- to gird or encircle with a belt, girdle, etc.; wrap or fasten around
- to bandage: often with up
- to make stick together; make cohere
- to tighten the bowels of; constipate
- to strengthen, secure, or ornament the edges of by a band, as of tape
- to fasten together the printed pages of (a book) and enclose them within a protective cover
- to secure or make firm (a bargain, contract, etc.)
- to obligate by duty, love, etc.
- to compel, as by oath, legal restraint, or contract
- to make an apprentice of; indenture: often with out or over
- to unite or hold, as by a feeling of loyalty or love
Etymology: ME binden < OE bindan < IE base *bhendh- > band, bend, Sans badhnti, (he) binds, Goth bindan
intransitive verb
- to do the act of binding
- to be or become tight, hard, or stiff
- to be constricting or restricting
- to stick together
- to be obligatory or binding in force
noun
- anything that binds
- ☆ Informal a difficult or restrictive situation; jam to be in a bind
- Music tie ()
bind over
bind
v.
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. To hold together or in place
To obligate
oblige, necessitate, compel; see force 1.To dress
To join
v
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 enterprises 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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