Definition of bind

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Bind (v. t.) To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound..

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Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond..
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..
Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
Braid :: Braid (n.) A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc..
Pinion :: Pinion (v. t.) Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up..
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
Swathe :: Swathe (n.) To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers..
Keelson :: Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..
Lasher :: Lasher (n.) A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also lashing.
Perpender :: Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone..
Fagot :: Fagot (v. t.) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously..
Wattling :: Wattling (n.) The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed..
Bond :: Bond (n.) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condi
Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind by moral or legal obligation.
Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
Binder :: Binder (n.) Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building..
Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law..
Bindery :: Bindery (n.) A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment..
Matweed :: Matweed (n.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit..
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