bind

verb (past and past participle bound)

1》 tie or fasten (something) tightly together.

    ↘restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet.

    ↘wrap or encircle (something) tightly.

2》 hold in a united or cohesive group or mass.

    ↘hold or combine with (a substance) by chemical bonding.

3》 impose a legal or contractual obligation on.

    ↘indenture (someone) as an apprentice.

    ↘secure (a contract), typically with a sum of money.

    ↘(bind someone over) (of a court of law) require someone to fulfil an obligation, typically by paying a sum of money as surety.

4》 fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover.

5》 trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a fabric strip.

6》 Logic (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope.

7》 (of a food or medicine) make (someone) constipated.

noun

1》 informal an annoyance.

    ↘a problematical situation.

2》 a statutory constraint.

3》 Music another term for tie.

4》 another term for bine.

Origin

OE bindan, of Gmc origin.