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To tie; to confine by any ligature.
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To cohere or stick together in a mass.
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Just to make the cheese more binding
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To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
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I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
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To exert a binding or restraining influence.
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These are the ties that bind.
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To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
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to bind grain in bundles to bind a prisoner
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To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
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Frost binds the earth.
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To couple.
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To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
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to bind the conscience to bind by kindness bound by affection commerce binds nations to each other
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To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
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To place under legal obligation to serve.
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to bind an apprentice bound out to service
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To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
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To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
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to bind a belt about one to bind a compress upon a wound
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To cover, as with a bandage.
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to bind up a wound
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To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.
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Certain drugs bind the bowels.
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To put together in a cover, as of books.
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The three novels were bound together.
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To make two or more elements stick together.
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To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
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To complain; to whine about something.