bind

bind
bind VERB (past and past part. bound) 1) tie or fasten tightly together. 2) restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet. 3) wrap or encircle tightly. 4) hold in a united or cohesive group or mass. 5) impose a legal or contractual obligation on. 6) (be bound by) be hampered or constrained by. 7) (bind someone over) (of a court of law) require someone to fulfil an obligation, typically by paying a sum of money as surety. 8) secure (a contract), typically with a sum of money. 9) fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover. 10) trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a fabric strip.
NOUN 1) informal an annoyance. 2) a statutory constraint. 3) Music another term for TIE(Cf. ↑tie).
ORIGIN Old English.

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