bind

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English

Etymology

From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną (compare West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, binden, German binden, Danish binde), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).

Compare Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian بستن (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit बन्धति (bándhati). Doublet of bandana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪnd/
• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Verb

bind (third-person singular simple present binds, present participle binding, simple past bound or (nonstandard) binded, past participle bound or (nonstandard) binded or (archaic, rare) bounden or (obsolete) ybound or (obsolete) ybounden)

1. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
2. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
3. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

4. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.

5. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

   Synonyms: fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain

6. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.

   Synonyms: curtail, restrain; see also Thesaurus:curb
7. (transitive) To couple.
8. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.

   Synonyms: restrain, restrict, obligate
9. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
10. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.

    Synonym: indenture

11. (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
12. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.

13. (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.

    Synonyms: bandage, dress

14. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.

15. (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.

16. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
17. (transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
18. (transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
19. (UK, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
20. (intransitive, LGBTQ) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bind (countable and uncountable, plural binds)

1. (countable) That which binds or ties.
2. (countable) A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation

3. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
4. (music, countable) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
5. (chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.

6. The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “bind”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bind”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “bind”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• INBD, inbd., INDB, DINB

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bind-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to persuade, encourage; constrain”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō, “to persuade, convince”), Illyrian *Bindus (“Illyrian Neptune”) and Thracian Bithus (“theonym”). Doublet with be

Verb

bind (aorist binda, participle bindur)

1. to convince, persuade, amaze
2. (archaic or chiefly dialectal) to perform magic, cast a spell, wonder, dazzle

Conjugation

Related terms

• be
• përbindësh

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Verb

bind

1. inflection of binden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Faroese

Etymology

From the verb binda.

Noun

bind n (genitive singular binds, plural bind)

1. a book binding
2. a book jacket or cover
3. a book band
4. a volume (single book of a publication)
5. a bandage
6. armlet, brassard
7. a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)
8. truss

Declension

German

Verb

bind

1. singular imperative of binden
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of binden

Nawdm

Noun

bind d (plural bina ɦa)

1. year
2. age

References

• Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎^[2], SIL International

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From the verb binde.

Noun

bind n (definite singular bindet, indefinite plural bind, definite plural binda or bindene)

1. a volume (single book of a published work)
2. a sling (kind of hanging bandage)

   Han går med armen i bind

3. a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)

Derived terms

• armbind
• supplementsbind

Etymology 2

Verb

bind

1. imperative of binde

References

• “bind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bd. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the verb binde.

Noun

bind n (definite singular bindet, indefinite plural bind, definite plural binda)

1. a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)
2. a volume
   1. a bound book
   2. a single book in a multi-book format
   3. binding of a book

      Synonym: omslag

3. a sling (kind of hanging bandage)

Derived terms

• armbind
• supplementsbind

References

• “bind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bandis.

Adjective

bind (equative *bindithir, comparative bindiu, superlative *bindem)

1. melodious, harmonious
2. pleasant, pleasing

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Irish: binn
  • Irish: binn
  • Scottish Gaelic: binn

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “binn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بند (bend), from Persian بند (band).

Noun

bind n (plural binduri)

1. (obsolete) flag

Declension

References

• bind in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

bind

1. imperative of binda

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bind/

Verb

bind

1. to write

   Jàngalekat jaa ngiy bind. - The teacher (here) is writing.

Conjugation