Meaning of "bind" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BIND

Old English bindan; related to Old Norse binda, Old High German bintan, Latin offendixband², Sanskrit badhnāti he binds.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BIND

bind  [baɪnd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIND

Bind is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bind in English.

WHAT DOES BIND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bind

Things known as BIND or Bind include: ▪ BIND, Berkeley Internet Name Domain, a DNS server ▪ Bookbinding, the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material ▪ Foot binding, the custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth ▪ bind is an operation of monads in Monad ▪ bind a client to a server in client–server computing ▪ Bind tribe are a scheduled caste in North India ▪ Bind rune, a ligature of two or more runes ▪ Bind, a strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break ▪ Bind, an operation in a monad...

Definition of bind in the English dictionary

The first definition of bind in the dictionary is to make or become fast or secure with or as if with a tie or band. Other definition of bind is often foll by up to encircle or enclose with a band. Bind is also to place under obligation; oblige.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BIND

PRESENT

Present

I bind

you bind

he/she/it binds

we bind

you bind

they bind

Present continuous

I am binding

you are binding

he/she/it is binding

we are binding

you are binding

they are binding

Present perfect

I have bound

you have bound

he/she/it has bound

we have bound

you have bound

they have bound

Present perfect continuous

I have been binding

you have been binding

he/she/it has been binding

we have been binding

you have been binding

they have been binding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bound

you bound

he/she/it bound

we bound

you bound

they bound

Past continuous

I was binding

you were binding

he/she/it was binding

we were binding

you were binding

they were binding

Past perfect

I had bound

you had bound

he/she/it had bound

we had bound

you had bound

they had bound

Past perfect continuous

I had been binding

you had been binding

he/she/it had been binding

we had been binding

you had been binding

they had been binding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bind

you will bind

he/she/it will bind

we will bind

you will bind

they will bind

Future continuous

I will be binding

you will be binding

he/she/it will be binding

we will be binding

you will be binding

they will be binding

Future perfect

I will have bound

you will have bound

he/she/it will have bound

we will have bound

you will have bound

they will have bound

Future perfect continuous

I will have been binding

you will have been binding

he/she/it will have been binding

we will have been binding

you will have been binding

they will have been binding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bind

you would bind

he/she/it would bind

we would bind

you would bind

they would bind

Conditional continuous

I would be binding

you would be binding

he/she/it would be binding

we would be binding

you would be binding

they would be binding

Conditional perfect

I would have bind

you would have bind

he/she/it would have bind

we would have bind

you would have bind

they would have bind

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been binding

you would have been binding

he/she/it would have been binding

we would have been binding

you would have been binding

they would have been binding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bind
we let´s bind
you bind

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bind

Past participle

bound

Present Participle

binding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BIND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bind» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bind

adhere · annoyance · attach · bandage · bond · border · bore · cement · compel · confine · consolidate · constrain · cover · detain · difficulty · dilemma · drag · dress · edge · encase · engage · fasten · finish · force · fuse · glue · hamper · handicap · hassle · hem · hinder · hitch · impede · impel · inconvenience · inhibit · join · knot · lash · limit · link · make · necessitate · nuisance · obligate · oblige · pain in the arse · pain in the neck · paste · pest · predicament · prescribe · quandary · require · restrain · restrict · rope · secure · spot · stick · strap · swathe · tie · tie up · trim · truss · unify · unite · uphill · wrap

TRANSLATION OF BIND

Find out the translation of bind to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bind from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bind» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使结合
• Translator English - Spanish: unir
• English: bind
• Translator English - Hindi: बाँध
• Translator English - Arabic: مأزق
• Translator English - Russian: связываются
• Translator English - Portuguese: amarrar
• Translator English - Bengali: বাঁধাই করা
• Translator English - French: lier
• Translator English - Malay: Mengikat
• Translator English - German: binden
• Translator English - Japanese: 団結させる
• Translator English - Korean: 단결시키다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ikatan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ràng buộc
• Translator English - Tamil: ஜெர்மானிய
• Translator English - Marathi: बांधणी करा
• Translator English - Turkish: bağlamak
• Translator English - Italian: legare
• Translator English - Polish: wiążą
• Translator English - Ukrainian: зв´язуються
• Translator English - Romanian: bind
• Translator English - Greek: bind
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bind
• Translator English - Swedish: binder
• Translator English - Norwegian: bind

10 QUOTES WITH «BIND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bind.

1

Saint Ambrose

Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.

2

Anas Aremeyaw Anas

When evil men destroy, good men must build and bind.

3

Walter Annenberg

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

4

Vinoba Bhave

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.

5

John Brough

He gave us the lakes for our Northern boundary, and the rivers stretching to the seas upon whose waters floats our commerce to the nations of the world; while man has done all that can be done by science to bind us together.

6

Robert Burton

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

7

James Callis

My Latin education teaches me that religion comes from religio, which means, 'to bind.' To bind with rope. And that's all it means. So whenever I hear somebody go, 'I feel so religious right now!' I'm like, 'Well, you're tying yourself up in knots, are you?'

8

Luc de Clapiers

Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

9

John Bates Clark

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was held that the seller of a patented mimeograph could bind the purchaser to use only his ink in the machine, though the ink was not patented.

10

Countee Cullen

For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIND»

Discover the use of bind in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bind and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

DNS and BIND

This book brings you up-to-date with the latest changes in this crucial service. The fifth edition covers BIND 9.3.2, the most recent release of the BIND 9 series, as well as BIND 8.4.7.

Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz, 2006

Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership

Examining the social constraints and "Catch-22s" that block the success of women no matter what roles they play, the author offers guidelines for dealing with the obstacles set up by society and condemns the victim feminism of many current ...

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, 1995

Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences

In the same way that Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will transformed our understanding of rape by moving the stigma from the victim to the perpetrator, Schulman's Ties That Bind calls on us to recognize familial homophobia.

Sarah Schulman, 2009

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

Her story is a tribute to all those women whose courage created new options for the generations who came after them. From the Paperback edition.

Lensey Namioka, 2007

The Double Bind

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Chris Bohjalian, 2008

Ties that Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in ...

Tiya Miles refuses to avoid or cover over the most painful aspects of the shared stories of Indians and African Americans.

Tiya Miles, 2006

Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods - Find the ...

Leslie Ann Bestor's creative edges are just what you need to begin and end every project with flair.Choose from among 33 cast ons and 21 bind offs to give your next project the perfect edge.

Leslie Ann Bestor, 2012

The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures

The Triple Bind that girls face today: • Act sweet and nice • Be a star athlete and get straight A's • Seem sexy and hot even if you're not In many ways, today is the best time in history to be a girl: Opportunities for a girl's ...

Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D., Rachel Kranz, 2009

Ties that Bind: A Social Contracts Approach to Business Ethics

Ties That Bind, written by two leading thinkers in the field of business ethics, offers a new approach to resolving today's most pressing debates about business behavior among diverse groups of people.

Thomas Donaldson, Thomas W. Dunfee, 1999

DNS and BIND on IPv6

This book also features methods for troubleshooting problems with IPv6 forward- and reverse-mapping, and techniques for helping islands of IPv6 clients communicate with IPv4 resources.

Cricket Liu, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bind is used in the context of the following news items.

Watch List for Traders: Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), Healthcare …

BIND Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIND) shares increased 1.07% in last trading session and ended the day at $5.66. BIND has a return on ... «Property Mentor, Jul 15»

ABC in a bind: Tony Abbott's Q&A boycott a masterstroke of media …

By yanking his front-benchers off the show, Abbott has left it in a bind. Does Q&A continue inviting Labor ministers during the boycott – and risk ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

Abby: Aftermath of affair puts grandmother in a bind

DEAR ABBY: My son had an affair that resulted in the birth of a child outside his marriage. The baby is extremely ill. My daughter-in-law has ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»

O'Reilly and Saad Contracts Put Rangers in Bind

The New York Rangers were already in somewhat of a tight spot in terms of the salary cap and trying to keep their key restricted free agents ... «The Hockey Writers, Jul 15»

The ties that bind: A special report two years after the Lac-Mégantic …

The ties that bind: A special report two years after the Lac-Mégantic tragedy. Jesse Feith, Montreal Gazette More from Jesse Feith, Montreal ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»

Preview: UP TV's “Ties That Bind”

UP TV promos its first scripted series. Above is the trailer for Ties That Bind. The hybrid cop-family drama will debut Wednesday, August 12 ... «Beliefnet, Jul 15»

Greek firms caught in bind

Should the Greeks stand by their national motto, then there can only be one outcome from this weekend's referendum. “Eleftheria i thanatos” ... «Fruitnet, Jul 15»

Be aware of Bind River beach: APH

Those who blew the whistle on Jeff Holmes to Algoma Public Health board members deserve medals. JEFFREY OUGLER/SAUTL STAR ... «Sault Star, Jul 15»

Values, traditions bind local Girl Scout alums

Anyone who thought Girl Scouts were the little sisters of the scouting family better think again. Since the first meeting of the Girl Scouts, founded ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»

Editorial: Greek bind shows the worst of Europe

Greece has been put through a kind of endless purgatory since being bailed out by European lenders in 2010. Even though it has implemented ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»