"bind" | Definition and Related Words

bind

Noun

Something that hinders as if with bonds (synset 105697606)
is a type of: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Verb

Stick to firmly (synset 201359453)
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

is a type of: attach - become attached

subtypes: bind - form a chemical bond with

same as: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to

verb group: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
Create social or emotional ties (synset 202543752)
"The grandparents want to bond with the child"

is a type of: relate - have or establish a relationship to
subtypes:
- fixate - attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
- befriend - become friends with
same as: attach, bond, tie
Make fast;
Tie or secure, with or as if with a rope (synset 201305902)
"The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"

is a type of: attach - cause to be attached
subtypes:
- swaddle, swathe - wrap in swaddling clothes
- encircle, gird - bind with something round or circular
- cement - make fast as if with cement
Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose (synset 201306207)
is a type of: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached

same as: bandage
Secure with or as if with ropes (synset 201289516)
"tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

entail: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached

is a type of: confine, constrain, hold, restrain - to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
subtypes:
- chain up - tie up with chains
- faggot, faggot up, fagot - bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
- faggot, fagot - fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
- hog-tie - tie together somebody's limbs
same as: tie down, tie up, truss
Bind by an obligation;
Cause to be indebted (synset 200886738)
"He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

is a type of: relate - have or establish a relationship to
subtypes:
- pledge - bind or secure by a pledge
- article - bind by a contract; especially for a training period
- indent, indenture - bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
- tie down - restrain from independence by an obligation
same as: hold, obligate, oblige
Provide with a binding (synset 201338486)
"bind the books in leather"

is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered

subtypes: rebind - provide with a new binding
Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord (synset 201288043)
"They tied their victim to the chair"

is a type of: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached
subtypes:
- gag, muzzle - tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
- retie - tie again or anew
- bind off, tie up - finish the last row
- loop - fasten or join with a loop
- cord - bind or tie with a cord
- lash together - bind together with a cord or rope
- truss - tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
- leash, rope - fasten with a rope
- strap - tie with a strap
- knot - tie or fasten into a knot
- lash - bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- band - bind or tie together, as with a band
- lace, lace up - draw through eyes or holes
same as: tie
Form a chemical bond with (synset 200568368)
"The hydrogen binds the oxygen"

referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

is a type of: adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to - stick to firmly

subtypes: ligate - bind chemically
Cause to be constipated (synset 200074311)
"These foods tend to constipate you"

is a type of: indispose - cause to feel unwell

subtypes: obstipate - constipate severely

same as: constipate

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