bind meaning
EN
[baɪnd] [-aɪnd] 
US WBind
- 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
- NounPLbindsPREbin-
- That which binds or ties.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
- the Maróczy Bind
- That which binds or ties.
- VerbSGbindsPRbindingPTboundPPboundPPbounden
- (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- Just to make the cheese more binding
- (intransitive) To 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.
- (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- These are the ties that bind.
- (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
- (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
- Frost binds the earth.
- (transitive) To couple.
- (figuratively) To 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.
- (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
- to bind an apprentice; bound out to service
- (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- (transitive, archaic) To 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.
- (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
- to bind up a wound.
- (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
- certain drugs bind the bowels.
- (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
- The three novels were bound together.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
- (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The thermostabilizing effect of Ca 2+ binding to avian rNA was investigated by incubating the purified protein with increasing concentrations of Ca 2+ .
- ADT involves using drugs such as lupron and bicalutamide that target androgen receptor (AR) signaling through lowering serum testosterone or blocking the binding of androgens to the AR [2 –6 ].
- For co-immunoprecipitation assay, the bound proteins were eluted from the immunoprecipitates using 0.1M glycine-acetate (pH 3.0), after which the eluents were precipitated using tricholoroacetic acid.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Binding of ligand leads to heterodimerisation and activation of HER2 TK activity.
- Bound servants, steal! Large-handed robbers your grave masters are, And pill by law!
- Binding a repellent at these receptors is believed to cause increased autophosphorylating activity of the CheA kinase.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The sequence diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
- We address here the rototranslational entropy loss upon binding.
- Now he is a cityside reporter being shifted from beat to beat, learning the ropes, learning Chicago, upward bound.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of bind in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs by inflection type
- Irregular verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "bind" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.