bind
Nouns
- (n) something that hinders as if with bonds
Verbs
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(v) stick to firmly
- Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
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(v) create social or emotional ties
- The grandparents want to bond with the child
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(v) make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- The Chinese would bind the feet of their women
- (v) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose bandage,
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(v) secure with or as if with ropes
- tie down the prisoners
- tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
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(v) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- He's held by a contract
- I'll hold you by your promise
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(v) provide with a binding
- bind the books in leather
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(v) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- They tied their victim to the chair
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(v) form a chemical bond with
- The hydrogen binds the oxygen
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(v) cause to be constipated
- These foods tend to constipate you