noun🔗ShareThat which binds or ties."The rope was the bind that held the tent together. "thingitemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary."The tight schedule for the school project was a real bind. "situationconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine."The gardener trained the bind around the fence posts. "plantbiologynatureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA ligature or tie for grouping notes."The music teacher used a bind to group the notes together in the sheet music. "musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break."the Maróczy Bind"positionsportmilitarygamewaressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe indurated clay of coal mines."The miners carefully handled the bind, knowing its hardness made it dangerous to work around. "geologymaterialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo tie; to confine by any ligature."The teacher asked the students to bind their papers together with a paperclip. "actionlawessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cohere or stick together in a mass."Just to make the cheese more binding"massmaterialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction."I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while."actionconditionbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo exert a binding or restraining influence."These are the ties that bind."actionlawsocietypoliticsbusinessmoralessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc."to bind grain in bundles  to bind a prisoner"actionutilityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind."Frost binds the earth."actionpolicelawessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo couple."The new teacher's enthusiasm bound her students to the project. "actionprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie."to bind the conscience  to bind by kindness  bound by affection  commerce binds nations to each other"lawmoralsocietystategovernmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant."The contract legally binds the company to pay the employee a specific salary. "lawgovernmentpoliticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo place under legal obligation to serve."to bind an apprentice  bound out to service"lawgovernmentpoliticsjobessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment."The seamstress carefully bound the edges of the tablecloth to prevent fraying. "materialactionwearessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something."to bind a belt about one  to bind a compress upon a wound"actionprocessthingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cover, as with a bandage."to bind up a wound"medicineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation."Certain drugs bind the bowels."medicinephysiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo put together in a cover, as of books."The three novels were bound together."writingliteratureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make two or more elements stick together."The glue will bind the broken pieces of the toy together. "actionprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location."The computer program binds the student's name to their ID number. "computingtechnologytechnicallanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo complain; to whine about something."My brother constantly binds about the chores he has to do. "attitudecommunicationlanguagewordnegativeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading