Definition of bind

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Bind (v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction..

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Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
Lash :: Lash (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back..
Woolding :: Woolding (n.) A rope used for binding masts and spars.
Ligation :: Ligation (n.) The act of binding, or the state of being bound..
Ligation :: Ligation (n.) That which binds; bond; connection.
Ligate :: Ligate (v. t.) To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
Terminal :: Terminal (n.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole..
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service..
Binding :: Binding (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, binds..
Hopbind :: Hopbind (n.) The climbing stem of the hop.
Ligature :: Ligature (n.) The act of binding.
Preengage :: Preengage (v. t.) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
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..
Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding..
Joist :: "Joist (n.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a..
Roan :: Roan (a.) Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding..
Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..
Disbind :: Disbind (v. t.) To unbind; to loosen.
Embale :: Embale (v. t.) To bind up; to inclose.
Abstringe :: Abstringe (v. t.) To unbind.
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