bind
bahynd
- n something that hinders as if with bonds
- v stick to firmly
- v create social or emotional ties
- 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
- v secure with or as if with ropes
- v bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- v provide with a binding
bind the books in leather - v fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- v form a chemical bond with
The hydrogen binds the oxygen - v cause to be constipated
- In a changing society facing all manner of new challenges, volunteers are helping bind America together.
- Influenza A viruses the type that can cause pandemics use a protein called hemagglutinin to bind to the cells of their animal hosts.
- The man facing a death sentence for converting to Christianity has put President Karzai in a bind.